Open Source Bat House

Basics

• An artificial dwelling for beneficial Bats
• Can Help With:
  • Pest Controll (Insect Eating Bats)
  • Pollenation (Nectar Bats especially, as well as others)
  • Fertilization (Guano)

Industry Standards

• Small Scale "Backyard" Ones
• The 2-3 at UF

Minimum Viable Product

• Scaleable
• Pretador Barriers (Anti cat/other climing animal ring on support pole)
• Optional Guano Collector
• Optional Bat Counter/Detector/Monitor (Detects when they leave/enter, sees how many, monitors and logs this over time. Arduino/Rasberry Pi + Ultrasound Bat Detector)
• Modifiable to different bat species

See Also

• Bats
• Pest Control Construction Set

Useful Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Bat Boxes