Numerous bat roosts exist locally, with Hill Country caves and urban bridges serving as prime bat-watching sites during the summer.
Kathryn Boyd-Batstone / San Antonio ReportBat lovers can once again partake in a Texas summer ritual: enjoying the natural spectacle of millions of Mexican free-tailed bats emerging from their roosts each evening.
“With 35 species of bats in Texas, the Mexican free-tail is the bat everyone thinks about, and it appears to be doing pretty well. But all the others are under threat,” said Fuller. Each of the flying mammals consumes thousands of insects each evening, helping keep the ecosystem balanced. Bats help farmers save an estimated $23 billion per year by eating half their body weight in insects.
The Mexican free-tailed bat community in Texas eats millions of corn earworm moths and other crop pests. The Bracken Cave Preserve colony alone is estimated to consume more than 100 tons of these moths every summer night, according to, an Austin-based organization dedicated to protecting the mammalian pollinators.
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