Seminole Bat

Similar Species:
Red bats are much more reddish. Yellow bats are yellowish. Heavily Bat is much larger and heavily frosted.

Breeding:
Usually 3 or 4 young, born late May-early June.

Habitat:
Forested or semi-forested area. Roosts in trees in clumps of Spanish moss.

Range:
Southeastern U.S. from e Texas to e North Carolina.

Little is know of the habits of this solitary bat, which is found in the homelands of the Seminole Indians and is locally abundant wherever Spanish moss occurs. By day, it generally hangs 3 ½ to 5 feet (1-1.5m) above the ground in clumps of Spainish moss that have clear areas beneath, permitting a downward fall into flight. Its foods consists of true bugs, beetles, flies and dragonflies.