Open Source Bat House
From Open Source Ecology
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)
Existing Open Source Designs
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
Basic Design
BOM
See Also
Useful Links
