
Birthing: Red bats: 3-4 young per year. May-June. Others: One young per year in April-July.
Eyes opened: 2-5 days
Weaning (beg-end): 2-6 weeks
Active: Night time; hibernate in winter.
Diet: Insects
Bats
If a bat is found inside a house and the outside temperature is less than forty degrees, a rehabilitator should be contacted about possibly overwintering the bat.
Bats FAQ’s
Are bats dangerous?
Although a small percentage of bats can carry rabies, healthy bats will not attack you. If you stand still they will not fly into you. Bats do a great service by eating insects (diving at the insects is often mistaken for an attack on a human). One bat can eat up to 3000 mosquitoes in one night. They are gentle creatures; so never needlessly destroy.
How do I know if a bat has rabies?
There’s a bat in my attic/house. What should I do?
How do I keep bats from coming back?
The bat won’t leave or can’t fly. How do I get it?
I have found a sluggish bat during the winter. What do I do?
More about bats
Little Brown Bats
In Virginia, we are lucky to host 16 species of bats. Unfortunately, about half are either state or federally listed as threatened or endangered. One of those, the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugous), also referred to as the little brown myotis, was once the most...
Endangered Species of Bats in Virginia
Every October when Halloween comes around, frightening images of werewolves howling at the moon, black cats creeping through the night, ghosts haunting deserted corridors, and bats morphing into blood-sucking vampires often come to mind. But even when it’s not...
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