Bats

[maddog2020]

Bats are good unless they carry rabies! They do leave a mess below where they live -> fecal matter.

Locally some fungus has been killing the bats.

http://www.milforddailynews.com/home...-wipe-out-bats

People are scared of bats because they feel they will get tangled up in their hair! We use to fish at night up in VT and had the bats eating the mosquitos around us. We never had one run into us. They were so close you could feel the breeze from their wings as they flew past. Pretty cool!

Try using a water hose or a long thin stick to poke them out of the gap. Use a bright flash light and you can see them hiding. They can fit in a very narrow gap - 1/2" or so. Staple screen over area like Cheferson said, or put up some wood scrap or molding to cover up the opening. Better not to kill them IMHO - bats are our friends!

[gone fishin]

Bob they are easy to get rid of if they are simply under the facia boards. look for the bat %$%$%$%$ on the shingles or ground just below the nests. They unload as they drop out at dusk.

Take a few minutes at dusk and wait til they drop out of the nest. Make sure they are all out by counting them coming out. The next night after counting them out you can foam the spaces with Great Stuff minimal expanding foam insulation.

They also love the louver attic vents. Be sure there is screen behind them.

Good luck. They are a pain, only because people are afraid of them and they believe the wives tails about them attacking humans.

[Raven]

their mosquito eating services far outweigh any danger they could pose

personally i would like to have ten times the population that i have.

even if you kick them out of there...
they will just move over to the next available spot and won't leave their home turf

i enjoy them