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Valerie
This is a page about how to help the environment. The Earth is our home, and we need to live here. If we don’t take care of our home, then we won’t survive.
This month will just have facts instead of reduce, reuse, and recycle.
This issue is about luck and superstitions. Many people believe that bats are omens about the future. They aren’t really omens, but they are good luck for the environment.
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How To Attract Bats
Did You Know?
Building a Bat House
To attract bats, you can build a bat house. A bat
house is a wooden structure that is a habitat for
bats. You can build your own with plywood.
To see how to make one, go to
Attracting Insects
If there are many insects in your yard, then bats
will be more likely to come for a feast. Even though
you are attracting insects, which may harm your
plants, once bats are living near you you can stop inviting them. Some ways to attract insects are:
- Putting lights around. Hoards of insects gather around lights, and bats know that.
- Planting flowers that bloom at night.
Another way to attract bats is to get some sort of fresh water source near your plants. Bats need water to live, so they like having it easily accessible.
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In some cultures, bats are associated with bad luck. Some examples are:
• A bat in your house means a death
• Bats at a wedding are bad omens
• If you kill a bat, your life will be shorter
In other cultures, they are considered good luck. Some examples are:
• If a bat falls on you indoors, it’s good luck
• If bats fly around during the early evening, there will be fine weather.
Check Out These Local Green Activities!
- MAR 9 Saturday 10 A.M. - Geocaching: A High Tech Hike with Conservancy Naturalists (Free)
- MAR 16 Saturday 10 A.M. - Family Hike on site with Conservancy Naturalists (Free)
- APR 13 Saturday 10-11:30 A.M. - Cool Things About Box Turtles (Free)
- FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH - First Friday NatureSphere Nights planetarium program (Tickets are $6. Children must be over five years old.)
- APR 20 Saturday 9:30-11:30 and 10:30-12:30 - Digging up Simpsonville's Past ($18 per participant or $15 group rate)
Bats are Good for the Environment:
“Many bats, and almost all in the United States, thrive on an insect diet. A single bat can eat up to 1,200 mosquito-sized insects every hour, and each bat usually eats 6,000 to 8,000 insects each night. Their appetite for mosquitoes certainly makes a backyard more comfortable. Bats are opportunistic, and their lack of discretion benefits everyone. Some of their favorite prey include crop-destroying moths, cucumber beetles, flies and gnats. Natural insect control is their specialty.”
Read more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-Community/Control-Insects-Bat-Habitat.aspx#ixzz2LadwYBWo
This means that bats eat bugs that harm plants. If bats eat many plant-destroying bugs, then people don’t need to buy/use harmful pesticides.
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