Evening Bat
Common Name: Evening Bat
Ohio Status: Special Interests
Weight: 6-14g (0.21-0.49 oz)
Wing Span: 10"-11"
Food: Insectivore: beetles, moths, leafhoppers, spotted cucumber beetle, flying ants, spittle bugs, June beetles, Japanese beetles, moths and stinkbugs.
Habitat: They are true forest bats and roost in tree hollows and under lose bark. Sometimes they have been seen roosting in buildings.
Mating: Not a lot is known about their breeding pattern but it is believed their breeding method is similar to all Ohio bats where they mate in the fall prior to hibernation and through delayed fertilization. Large nursery colonies are formed in tree hollows, behind loose bark and sometimes in a building.
Young: Two pups are born around mid-May to early July. The pups begin to fly in three weeks and flying outside in four weeks..
Life span:
Facts: The conversion of forested wetland to agriculture use has created habitat loss of roosting and foraging habitat. This habitat loss reflected a decline in evening bat populations.
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Bat Conservation International
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
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)
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