Transcript Big Brown Bats roosting in a building

Are You Batty?
The Red Bat is one of
Virginia’s 14 different
kinds of bats.
There are about 1000
different kinds of bats
in the world.
There are 45 different
kinds of bats that live
in the United States.
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One Brown Bat can eat up to
1000 mosquitoes in an hour!
Gray Bats can eat as many as
3000 insects in one night!
Pallid bat with a grasshopper.
Credit: MSC
Little Brown Bat
British noctule bat
Silver-haired Bat
The bat sends out from 10 - 200
sounds per second.
The sounds bounce back and tell it
what insects are around.
Mexican Free-tail Bats
leaving Bracken Cave to hunt for food.
Mexican Free-tail Bats
leaving Bracken Cave to hunt for food.
The 20 million bats that live in this cave
eat about 500,000 pounds of insects each night.
Opening to Bracken Cave, San Antonio, Texas.
Gray Bats roosting in a cave.
In the winter, the bats go deeper
into the cave to hibernate.
The temperature in the cave,
all year, is 57 degrees Fahrenheit.
Pallid Bats roosting in a building.
Pallid Bats feed
on crawling insects and scorpions.
They can hear a scorpion walking on
the ground!
Mexican Free-tail Bat mother surrounded
by baby bats.
Red Bat mother
with twins.
Little Red Flying Fox
It’s not a fox,
but it looks
something
like one.
Lyle’s Flying Fox
This bat has wings that stretch
for more than 3 feet!
Mexican Long-tongued Bat with Nose Leaf.
Mexican Long-tongued Bat with Nose Leaf
With a nose like this,
what do you think I eat?
Lesser Long-nosed Bat
approaching a cactus flower.
Lesser Long-nosed Bat
approaching a cactus flower.
Notice the pollen
on its face.
This bat really gets
into its work!
No wonder it has
pollen on its head!
Many types of cactus
depend on bats to pollinate
their flowers.
Common Vampire Bat
The Silver-haired
Bat likes to roost
in tree bark.
Red Bat camouflaged
in a tree.
Yellow Bat roosting in palm leaves.
Peter’s
Ghost-faced Bat
Largest bat
in the United States
Greater Bonneted Bat
Western Pipistrelle Bat
America’s largest and
smallest bat.
Western Pipistrelle Bat on the left,
Great Bonneted Bat on the right.
World’s Smallest Bat
Bumblebee Bat of Thailand.
World’s Smallest Bat
Bumblebee Bat of Thailand.
This bat weighs
less than a penny!
Townsend’s Big-eared Bat
Townsend’s Big-eared Bat
Spotted Bat
Are You Batty?
YES!
Mathematics & Science Center
All pictures courtesy of
Bat Conservation International