The two are quite different. Microbats, on the other hand, have poor eyesight, often roost in buildings, eat insects, and go into a form of hibernation in winter. It is a pity that it gives the impression that their main diet is fruit when in fact these in Bellingen concentrate more on nectar and pollen. Bellingen Island bats are the species called Grey-headed flying foxes. Sometimes Little Red flying foxes visit from their more inland range, and there are occasional Black flying foxes present.
Blacks are a more northerly species.
Australia s fourth flying fox, the Spectacled, is in far North Queensland and is never found naturally this far south.