BATS
(ORDER: CHIOPTERA)
Arthur M. Greenhall
Research
Associate
Department of Mammalogy
American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY 10024
Stephen C. Frantz
Vertebrate Vector Specialist
Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research
New York State Department of Health
Albany, NY 12201-0509
Fig. 1. Little brown bat,
Myotis lucifugus
Damage Prevention and Control Methods
Exclusion
Polypropylene netting checkvalves simplify getting bats out.
Quality bat-proofing permanently excludes bats.
Repellents
Naphthalene: limited efficacy.
Illumination.
Air drafts/ventilation.
Ultrasonic devices: not effective.
Sticky deterrents: limited efficacy.
Toxicants
None are registered.
Fumigants
None are registered.
Trapping
Available, but unnecessarily complicated to exclusion and bat-proofing.
Shooting
Not efficient and likely illegal in most circumstances.
Other Methods
Sanitation and cleanup.
Artificial roosts.
Removal of Ocassional Bat Intruders
When no bite or contact has occurred, help the bat escape (otherwise
submit for rabies testing).
Conservation and Public Education
Information itself functions as a management technique.
Editors
Scott E. Hygnstrom;
Robert M. Timm; Gary E. Larson
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE — 1994
Cooperative Extension Division Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Nebraska -Lincoln
United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Damage Control
Great Plains Agricultural Council Wildlife Committee