Bats In The Attic In Summer

Signs of bats in the attic.

Bats in the attic in summer.

Bats are unique creatures and the only mammals that can truly fly. Bats live a very long time and they stay in the same place year round conditions permitting or they migrate and return each summer. Bats will hibernate in the winter if the temperature stays at around 35 to 40 f. Their presence is generally beneficial to humans because they help control many insects and mosquitoes during the spring summer and early fall by eating them.

Colonies of bats prefer quiet cave like spaces to roost reproduce and raise their young. If it gets colder than that the bats in the attic will migrate out allowing you to seal up cracks and other entry points once they leave for the season. After a few very hot summer days an attic may become too hot for the bats forcing them out and sometimes into the living quarters as they search for cooler places to roost. The bats in your attic are actually all females.

Why can t i remove the bats in the summer. They re nocturnal so they live their lives in darkness making your attic a prime piece of real estate for bats. The female bats usually give birth to one baby bat each summer. Give us a call to begin the exclusion process quickly otherwise the bats may over winter inside the attic.

When bats roost in an attic they sometimes move around become trapped or waddles along to sections of the attic that can lead right to the common areas. They are called a maternity colony and they are in your attic in order to have a safe place to give birth to and raise their young. Thus the colony size roughly doubles at birth and when the baby bats start to fly you notice twice as many bats. If you are getting bats in your home and you do not regularly leave windows open at night there is likely a summer roost in your walls or attic and you need to have a bat exclusion completed.

They don t like the cold and your attic is nice and warm. Seeing a bat in your home isn t always a sign that you have a bat problem but it should compel you to investigate the other signs we ve mentioned.