Great stuff, thanks everyone. I just bought this KIBAGA Handcrafted Wooden Bat House

I'll put it up in a tree behind the building.

Have no idea how it got in though.

Soup ?

^^^ beat me to it!

Facing east?

"The cooler the state you live in, the darker you want your bat house. According to studies by BatCon, or Bat Conservation International, Most of the US is able to use a black or darkly stained bat house. The only exception is in Central Texas, Arizona, Southern Californa and the very southern tip of Nevada, where you should use a lighter stain or paint. The reason for the dark color is to absorb heat, so the sun heats up the bat house to a temperature the bats need.
The best place (for the bats) is on a building, near the top, facing the morning sun, so as high on the building as you can get it, facing south-east. "

How and Where to Mount a Bat House or Bat Box

I don't remember the exact plans, but this is pretty close to the bat house I built. It was vacant for almost a year, but now there is plenty of "black rice" on the ground under it.

Mothballs, seriously. Relative in Georgia with a large attic space in his house in rural area on a golf course had a heck of a time with them. Hire someone to come out that is good at identifying entry points, seal them all up but one. Put mothballs out after about 2 weeks seal up remaining entry point. Never had a bat problem again, the bat house is also an excellent step.

My neighbor behind my home, a Korean War Vet, had an outfit come out and remove 3 colonies of bats from his attic. He's got a full gable roof with a large louvered vent at the end. The bats were using that to get in his attic. There was a lot of corrosion on the metal louver and a stain down the side of his house below the louver. It wasn't cheap to rid the bats AND clean up the attic, and his homeowners insurance wouldn't pay a dime.

How to get rid of bats?
Hit them with a baseball..

You'd be astonished at how small a crack they can squeeze through. Just putting up the bat house may be enough .

This works to keep critters out from under your house too

I would rather have bats than bugs4

I'm going to put the bat house toward the front of the building adjoining mine, at the front. It's gets sun virtually the entire day. Probably attach it to the window ledge in some way.

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Doesn't work on mice. I have mothballs in the toolbox in our detached garage and mice build nests in the same drawers.

huh, works on skunks

Easy. I remember watching this live...

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Mike Filigno killed it, Bobby Clarke picked it up and dumped it on the bench.