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Bat Houses: A Natural Mosquito Control Method?

Tammy Clayton

No one enjoys mosquito bites, but concerns over West Nile and Zika viruses have a lot more people interested in natural mosquito control – without synthetic chemicals that will harm beneficial insects, birds, and pollinators. And since bats devour half their weight in insects every night, including mosquitoes, putting up a bat house is gaining…

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