Safety note: May carry rabies — do not approach or handle.
The Big Brown Bat is one of the most widespread and recognizable bats in North America, with a large, robust body and glossy brown fur. It is a flexible roost-site generalist, using buildings, tree cavities, and rock crevices. Big brown bats consume enormous numbers of pest insects nightly, including cucumber beetles and codling moths that damage crops.
Habitat
Forests, farmland, and urban areas across most of North America
Diet
Beetles, moths, flies, and other flying insects
How common
Common
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