# Bat houses **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bat-houses/658093 "2013-05-11T18:11:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bat-houses/658093/1 "2013-05-11T18:11:36Z")
Anyone ever built a bathouse? I’m thinking of putting one up outside my house. Bats aren’t the cleanest creatures, I know, but they seem infinitely preferable to mosqitos. What have your experiences been like? ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bat-houses/658093/2 "2013-05-11T18:34:08Z")
Even though they eat mosquitoes, I have read that bats do not have much of an impact on the mosquito population over a given area. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bat-houses/658093/3 "2013-05-11T19:42:00Z")
some prior discussion > **[Your experience with bat houses](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=685073)** > > Sorry, looky-loos - no bath house action here. I mean bats, for real. I saw some plans for a bat house on the This Old House Pinterest feed, and now I’ve convinced myself that I need one. I need one because I hate mosquitoes (my body reacts... > **[I just bought a bat house!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=256838)** > > I’m very excited! I hear they’re quite tasty.