Big Brown Bat
Common Name: Big Brown Bat
Ohio Status: Species of Concern
Federal Status: Not listed
Weight: 12-25g (0.4-0.9 oz.)
Wing Span: 12-16"
Food: Insectivore: They are excellent in consuming agricultural pests such as the June and cucumber beetles along with stinkbugs; ants, stoneflies, mayflies and lacewings.
Habitat: Timberline meadows to lowland deserts, most abundant in deciduous forest areas
Mating: Mates in fall, females have delayed fertilization
Young: Baby bats are called pups and usually born in late May/early June, two pups usually born and weaned in 3 weeks
Life span: 20 years
Facts: The feet of newborns bats are almost as large as the adult to help them cling to the walls of the roost.150 big brown bats can consume enough adult cucumber beetles in one summer to prevent egg-laying that would produce 33 million of their root-worm larvae, a major pest of corn.
- Second largest bat in Ohio
- One of two most common species in Ohio
- One of the last bats to disappear in fall
Bat Conservation International
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Fish and Wildlife Services
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Animal Diversity
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
Distribution In Ohio (Bats of Ohio, 2010)
Geographic Area (In Ohio's Backyard: Bats, 1998)
Big Brown Bats are the most common species in urban and suburban locations
Questions or Comments
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