The 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats from Bracken Cave, Texas, eat approximately 200 tons
of insects nightly.
of insects nightly.
To encourage bats to live in your neighborhood, make a bat box! Having bats around will insect control and pollination.
You can decorate your bat box however you'd like!
If you'd like to learn more about bats check out
Sulphur Creek Nature Center, in Hayward, CA.
Most semesters, naturalists from Sulphur Creek visit the Eco Art Matters class to talk about the importance of bats. The best part is that they bring adorable live bats to the classroom!
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