Bat & Butterfly Houses

9 Quick Tips for Bat Houses

1. By adding a bat house to your yard, you provide a warm, dry, and safe haven for bats to roost. Bats, in turn, maintain the balance of your environment by eating pests.

2. Bats are the primary predators of night-flying insects. One little brown bat can eat more than 600 mosquitoes in one hour. Bats can also help protect crops from root worms.

3. Where you mount your stained bat house is very important. Bat houses should face south to southeast and receive at least six hours of sunlight daily.

4. Bat houses can be mounted on poles, sides of buildings, and tall trees. Because tree branches make tree-mounted houses harder to see, bats tend to prefer bat houses on poles and building structures.

5. Your painted bat house should be mounted at least 15 feet above the ground. The higher it is, the more bats you'll attract and the more predators you'll keep out of reach.

6. Butterfly houses add charm to your garden. Cedar and cypress are two common types of wood used to make butterfly houses. They stand up to the weather and can be painted or stained.

7. Position your painted butterfly house among flowering, nectar-rich plants to attract butterflies.

8. The slots on our painted and stained butterfly houses are narrow enough to let butterflies in and keep birds out.

9. Butterfly houses come in a variety of sizes and styles. Some look like country cottages with shingled roofs, copper tops, and pretty butterfly ornaments.