Bat house

Bats adapt easily to their environments and live in both cities and the countryside. 

In the summer, they set up homes in temporary shelters where food is abundant.  During this time, they eat an enormous amount of insects around these shelters. Bats in Europe are insectivorous for the most part. They eat almost half their body weight each night. Their diet consists of various insects-- including mosquitoes, flies, and moths, such as pine processionary and box tree moths.

How does it work?

• Install the bat house at the beginning of April before bat pups are born or at the end of the summer for the following year.
• Attach it between two to six meters high on the outside wall of a house or building.
• No extra care is needed to maintain a bat house.

Where should it face?

The bat house must be exposed to the sun to generate heat on the inside, but not enough for it to be intolerable.

Its placement depends on the climate where you live: facing southeast, southwest, or full south. If you live in a cold or cool region, place it facing full south.

On the other hand, if you live in a hotter region, install the house facing the southeast for sun in the morning and refreshing shadow in the afternoon.

Practical information: 

• 100% ecological
• Natural materials
• Dark-coloured exterior increases the temperature inside the house as heat is vital for bats
• Plywood provides heat and sound insulation
• The interior walls are covered with ribbing for the bats to grasp.
• Bats will detect the house two to three years after installation.
• Hang it between two to six metres from the ground on the wall of a building, far from cats!  Place it away from any artificial light source