Bats play a valuable role in nature. Their diet primarily consists of mosquitoes, but they will eat almost any flying insect when foraging for food. Bats can eat as much as 600 mosquitoes per hour; A single bat can potentially eat almost 1 million mosquitoes per year! While beneficial, we understand that most property owners don’t want bats residing INSIDE their homes. Celtic Wildlife Control offers safe, legal and effective bat removal!
There are over 10 different bat species that live in Ohio, but the two most encountered species are the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) and the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus). They are very similar looking, and it can be difficult to visibly distinguish the difference between them.
Most species of bats are protected by federal or state law throughout the United States. Knowingly killing, harming, or destroying a bat in its habitat can be punishable by law. Whatever species of bat you think you have in your home or property, they are best left to a professional. Celtic Wildlife Control provides expert care in safely and humanely evicting bats from your establishment and keeping them out!
From May 16th - July 31st, bats are legally protected during their maternity period. The nursing female bats leave pups inside the structure to leave at night and forage for food; evicting these bats during this time would leave the immobile pups dying of starvation. Although it is best to refrain from removing any bats during this time and wait until July 31st, the state of Ohio does provide an authorization request process for an exclusion to be conducted during that window. Our staff would be happy to explain this process further!
We must also consider bat populations during their natural winter hibernation. From October 1st - March 31st, Ohio permits only partial bat exclusions. In a partial exclusion, all secondary entry points may be secured, but the 1-way eviction door may not be placed until after April 1st.
If you find or suspect a colony of bats living in your attic or walls, you should give Celtic Wildlife Control a call right away at (513) 905-5092! We’ll get you scheduled for a full property inspection!
If a bat is found in or around a structure, there is a high likelihood it is lost, ill, or injured.
Large bat colonies left unchecked can present several potential health risks to humans:
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