PA NWCO Exam Bats Questions With
Complete Solutions
3 steps to Bat proofing Correct Answers 1. identify
the entrance
2. Seal off entrance
3. Provide alternate roost like bat box
bat box design Correct Answers provide bats a
roosting site as they may be hard to preeminently
exclude
Make the box large 7x24x12 to 24
Slats should be built inside to create multiple
crevices
saw cuts should be made to roughen the wood and
allow bats to hang
boxes should be painted dark brown to absorb heat
Bat box placement Correct Answers face south to
absorb sunlight
close to building if excluded
10 to 15 feet above ground
there box can be slowly moved over winter
Best ways to seal the bat entrance Correct
Answers use screen or wire mesh
use expanding foam or caulk
Construct a one way door
Bats will not chew new holes like mice
, Big Brown Bat identification Correct Answers dark
single colored wings
glossy sheen to long dense fur
Eastern Pipistrelle Correct Answers Small Bat
"pygmy bat"
yellowish brown and darker on the back
Hibernate September to late April deep in caves
Young are born June-July
Eastern Pipistrelle Identification Correct Answers
pale orange forearms with black wing membrane
Evening Bat Identification Correct Answers short
round ears with
Short blunt tragus
and no calcar knee
Female red bat Identification Correct Answers
same has male but is more frosted
Hoary Bat Correct Answers Largest bat
dark brown with heavy tinge, almost gray tips
migrate south
Young born May through July
Roost in conifer trees
Range across state but is not very common
Hoary bat Identification Correct Answers largest
bat
Complete Solutions
3 steps to Bat proofing Correct Answers 1. identify
the entrance
2. Seal off entrance
3. Provide alternate roost like bat box
bat box design Correct Answers provide bats a
roosting site as they may be hard to preeminently
exclude
Make the box large 7x24x12 to 24
Slats should be built inside to create multiple
crevices
saw cuts should be made to roughen the wood and
allow bats to hang
boxes should be painted dark brown to absorb heat
Bat box placement Correct Answers face south to
absorb sunlight
close to building if excluded
10 to 15 feet above ground
there box can be slowly moved over winter
Best ways to seal the bat entrance Correct
Answers use screen or wire mesh
use expanding foam or caulk
Construct a one way door
Bats will not chew new holes like mice
, Big Brown Bat identification Correct Answers dark
single colored wings
glossy sheen to long dense fur
Eastern Pipistrelle Correct Answers Small Bat
"pygmy bat"
yellowish brown and darker on the back
Hibernate September to late April deep in caves
Young are born June-July
Eastern Pipistrelle Identification Correct Answers
pale orange forearms with black wing membrane
Evening Bat Identification Correct Answers short
round ears with
Short blunt tragus
and no calcar knee
Female red bat Identification Correct Answers
same has male but is more frosted
Hoary Bat Correct Answers Largest bat
dark brown with heavy tinge, almost gray tips
migrate south
Young born May through July
Roost in conifer trees
Range across state but is not very common
Hoary bat Identification Correct Answers largest
bat
