The Chinese view bats as symbols of good luck and happiness. They symbolize health, long life, prosperity, love of virtue and natural death. Bat Benefits - A colony of big brown bats can eat 18 million cucumber beetles. Even small disturbances in their habitat can seriously threaten their survival. A home for bats.
Bats are gentle, intelligent creatures.
They pollinate plants and, more importantly, eat insects. A little brown bat may eat 600 mosquitoes in an hour. They won't poison the environment and they are cheaper than bug lights. Bats like warm places to roost. So put it in a warm, sunny spot, out of the wind.