Microbat

Here is a microbat roosting box on display at the Dad's Day Out. John Connor developed a design that can efficiently be produced in the Kincumber Men's Shed. With a dozen boxes already assembled, members of The Shed themselves are putting in orders for these boxes to control the mosquitos in their own backyards in Kincumber and surrounding suburbs.

Why Microbats? Microbats consume between 50 to 100 per cent of their total body weight in mosquitos over a night. They had been recorded to consume up to 400 mosquitos an hour. Microbats might recolonise areas where mosquitos arer available, if residents provided additional roosting habitat.

Never heard of Microbats? Some of our members were sceptical about the very existence of these amazing little creatures. So we looked up some Microbat information to convince them on wikipedia and found some pics and stories on the ABC.