Bats Integrated Pest Management for Home Gardeners and Landscape Professionals

Do you know bats can live up to 30 years?  Bats are rarely seen by people and cause few problems. Almost all of the species that live in California are insectivores and may be helpful in keeping insect populations at healthy levels.

Find out more about these flying mammals with UC ANR’s  Bats Integrated Pest Management for Home Gardeners and Landscape Professionals publication including:

• Biology and life cycle
• Public health concerns
• Management
• Constructing bat houses,

Pallid bat colony.

The presence of bats within a building can be confirmed several ways.

Netting can be used to exclude bats from buildings.