Do Bat Houses Keep Mosquitoes Away?

Posted by Mosquito Squad

June 10, 2024

Tennessee is home to more than 15 species of bats.

It is known that some bat species do eat mosquitoes. The little brown bat is the most common in Tennessee. This bat subsists on a diet of flying bugs, like mosquitoes, flies, and moths, as well as spiders and grasshoppers. If you are considering building a bat house to entice Mother Nature’s natural mosquito predators, don’t expect them to keep all mosquitoes away.

Should you build a bat house?

Many homeowners have taken to the Internet to purchase or look up instructions for building bat houses. If you would like to implement the use of bats to augment your mosquito control efforts, there is no reason that you shouldn’t. If you do build a bat house, please be cognizant of where you place it. Avoid installing a bat house near electrical wires, in dense vegetation, near roads, or close to lights.

Natural Mosquito Control Old Hickory TN

If you are researching bat houses, you are probably interested in natural ways to control backyard mosquitoes. There are ways that you can make your yard a less friendly mosquito environment. Some of these include:

Keep grass mowed and properly dispose of clippings.
Keep gutters free of debris and make sure downspouts are properly draining.
Turn over any receptacles throughout your yard, which have standing water.
Plant mosquito repellent plants, such as mint, basil, lemongrass, and lavender.

Natural Mosquito Control by Mosquito Squad of Nashville

In addition to building bat houses, maintaining your yard, and planting mosquito-repelling plants, choose Mosquito Squad’s natural mosquito control service. This formula has an aromatic blend of 100% non-synthetic ingredients, which work to defend your yard from mosquitoes for about two or three weeks at a time. Our natural mosquito treatment is the right choice for anyone that wishes to control mosquitoes without the use of synthetic pesticides. Our natural mosquito control can eliminate up to 85% of the mosquitoes on your property.

Bats cannot keep all mosquitoes away, but they can work in conjunction with other natural mosquito control methods to defend your yard against mosquitoes.

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