Michigan bats

From Great Lakes Wiki

Nine bat species can be found in Michigan. Michigan bats are "micro-bats" and use echolocation to search insects. More information about these species can be found on www.wikipedia.org

• Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fucus)
• Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)
• Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis)
• The Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
• Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus)
• Silver Haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
• Indiana Bat (Myotis solidalis)
• Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis)
• Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis)

Though bats are generally disliked by most people, they are an important part of rural and forest ecosystems. The for Bat Conservation in Bloomfield Hills, MI provides information on bat habitat, their importance to humans, and how to build bat boxes. More information about the role bats play in reducing insects around people's homes can be found at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

A special bat conservation concern in Michigan is the development of wind power. The Hoary and Silver Haired bats are both known to be killed by wind turbines. More information is available at the Great Lakes Wind section of the wiki.

Additional Bat Information Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The Bat Lady of Michigan Tech