Who to Call in South Carolina for Bat Exterminator?

Bats have been given a bad reputation as blood-sucking vampires. While there are a few bat species that consume blood, the majority eat insects. They eat over a thousand insects every night. Can you imagine how many insects there would be on the planet if it weren’t for bats? We would be overwhelmed. For this reason, bats are essential for the survival of our ecosystem.

Bats are also excellent pollinators for bananas, cloves, and peaches. They are the only pollinator for agave, which has many uses, including making tequila. Bat species that eat fruits aid in seed dispersal and the continued growth of fruit plants.

Recognizing their importance, state and federal governments place protections on some bats species, making it illegal to kill them. That’s not the only reason bats are protected. A few more include the following:

• Bats do not reproduce as quickly as other wildlife. The females typically give birth to one or two pups a year. Slow reproduction puts the species at risk for population decline.

• Bats are killed by humans who do not understand their importance and likely do not know about the laws protecting the species.

• Wind turbines kill hundreds of thousands of migrating bats around the world.

• Pesticides used by farmers reduce the number of bugs available for bats to eat.

• Disturbances during hibernation cause bats to use up stored fat too soon, leaving them without a food source for the rest of the winter.

• White-nose syndrome is a fungal disease that spreads through bat colonies and has almost eliminated the Northern long-eared, little brown, and tri-colored bats.