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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Green Living / Pest Control / Nature’s Best Mosquito Control

Nature’s Best Mosquito Control

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

. best mosquito controlA few years ago, I took my children to a summer program at the local library put on by the Florida Bat Conservancy. For those of you unfamiliar with the habits of our winged mammalian cousins, bats spend their days sleeping in a warm, enclosed space. A dead tree trunk is a favorite spot. They emerge at dusk to start feasting on insects all night long. 

In the case of the Florida bat, mosquitoes are the insect of choice. One bat can consume up to 3000 mosquitoes in a single night! Take that mosquito fogging trucks!

By the end of the very informative, entertaining lecture (complete with live bats), I was convinced that the best way to control mosquitoes on our 2-acre property was to install a bat house. My husband located an average sized bat house that could serve as the sleeping quarters for up to 30 bats (they really pack themselves in tightly).

We figured out which tree in our front yard got enough direct sunlight during the day to qualify as an “ideal” bat house location. We then borrowed our neighbor’s giant ladder and installed the house about 20 feet high.

Then, we waited. And waited. And waited some more…

Bats Finally Move In

After 3 years of eagerly anticipating a family of bats to take up shop in the bat house, I honestly forgot we even had one!    The Bat Conservancy had warned me that it might take a while for the bats to find the house, especially since the numbers of native Florida bats are dwindling due to the rapid loss of habitat.

At the time, I thought six months might be the longest amount of time we might have to wait. After 3 years, though, I had basically given up all hope!

Well, never give up hope where nature is concerned!  About a month ago, I casually mentioned to my husband that there didn’t seem to be any mosquitoes around our front porch.

I could sit out at dusk and not be eaten alive like in years past. This was unusual given the extremely wet winter and the enormous amount of standing water around the neighborhood.

Funny that it didn’t even occur to me that the bat house might finally be occupied!

This past Friday night was a beautiful evening at our house, dry, cool and clear. Perfect springtime weather. Suddenly, one of my  boys comes racing into the house and shouts “Mom, we’ve got BATS!”

Excitedly, I ran outside to witness a family of bats, swooping and diving in the fading sunlight. They were happily feasting on the airborne mosquitoes and other insects buzzing around our front yard!

If you haven’t considered a bat house for your home as the best ever mosquito control, I highly recommend it. Even if you don’t have a tree to attach one, you can attach one to a pole instead.  You may have to wait a while (hopefully, not 3 years). But, like many of the best things in life, it is so worth the wait!

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Category: Pest Control
Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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  1. Rita

    Jun 14, 2018 at 1:23 pm

    I wish my town would do this instead of spraying nahel all over…….woke me up at 1:30 am today the trucks are so loud. They are supposed to notify the town before they spray but they never do. And I love how they claim it’s not toxic but to shut your windows, turn you ac units off, and keep children indoors whilst they spray…….um, wow

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