By listening to the echoes that reflect back to them, they are able to maneuver around objects in their path and capture tiny flying insects. All bats in Oklahoma feed on insects such as moths, mosquitoes, cucumber and June beetles, leaflhoppers and even scorpions, to name just a few. In fact, bats are the only major predator of these night-flying insects. Bats generally mate in fall and delay fertilization until spring, when the female usually gives birth to one offspring. Red bats, however, may produce twins or quadruplets.
Young bats develop rapidly and most are able to fly about two to five weeks after birth.
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