A Bat Box is a small house to house bats in the garden or on the balcony. Bats are natural predators of mosquitoes and a symbol of the biological fight against desired insects. So by "adopting" a bat you can keep mosquitoes away without resorting to insecticides.
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A Bat Box is a small house to house bats in the garden or on the balcony. Bats are natural predators of mosquitoes and a symbol of the biological fight against desired insects. So by "adopting" a bat you can keep mosquitoes away without resorting to insecticides.
In gardening shops we can find ready-made Bat Boxes for sale to inspire us to make ours Custom Bat Box, spending much less. Usually you just need to have plywood available, if you can't find more resistant wood, perhaps waste wood.
Hosting bats in a Bat Box means bringing them closer to the urban environment from which they are gradually disappearing as they do not find suitable shelters. L'insectivorous action of bats protects the vegetable garden, the garden and potted plants from parasites, as well as us lying down from mosquito bites.
Placing a Bat Box on the exterior walls of the house is one of the best methods for attract bats to your garden. You will be giving your bats a home just before the spring and flowering period begins. Bats will help you against mosquitoes, but remember to always remove standing water in buckets, sinks or saucers in your garden or balcony.
Some municipalities distribute Bat Boxes for free to promote biological fight against mosquitoes and to attract bats to the area. But if you don't have this luck, here are some useful tips for building your Bat Box.
Other Municipalities, such as the Municipality of Brescia, make the instructions for building a Bat Box complete with illustrations. THU find one very simple scheme to follow. Better to choose wood that is resistant to winter weather. Follow the diagram and take it with you to the carpenter or to a DIY store to request the precise cut of the wood according to the necessary measurements.
A rather spacious Bat Box can have dimensions of about 50 cm in width and 60 cm in height by 8 cm in thickness (they vary depending on the pattern you decide to follow). In case of space problems, the length and height measurements can be reduced.
Once the Bat Box is built, you will need to hang it on the outside walls of the house, on your balcony, or among the branches of a tree in your garden. OR more, under the pergola or near a gutter. Keep in mind that theideal height to place the Bat Box is of 4 meters from the ground. The location near the trees is considered ideal.
In the photo you see one of the Bat Box distributed by the Municipality of Milan in 2012.
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THU find another useful scheme to build your Bat Box, made available by the Museum of Matural History of Florence. And Thu all useful information for the realization.
Here is a video which explains you step by step how to build a Bat Box at almost zero cost, with pieces of waste wood. THU il tutorial with all the necessary measures and materials, to read before following the video.
Now that you have completed your work, you just have to wait patiently for the bats to arrive. They will feed on insects and eat 1500 of them every night!
Marta Albè
Photo source: neighborhoodnotes.com
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