Mosquito Invasion in Houston: What Bats Are Doing Tonight

🦇 Bat Mosquito Buffet Data
• 1 bat = 600–1,200 mosquitoes per hour (Texas Parks & Wildlife).
• A small colony of 100 bats can eat 250,000 mosquitoes in one night.
• Bats save U.S. agriculture $3.7 billion each year in pest control (USGS).
• Houston mosquito traps caught 72,741 females in April 2024, double the 2023 numbers (Click2Houston). Explosion of mosquito populations…: let’s use bats 🦇 instead of using inefficient poisons.
• First West Nile mosquito sample of 2025 detected in Katy/Fort Bend County (Fox 26 Houston).
• Bats reduce the need for toxic sprays, keeping yards safer for kids, pets, and pollinators.
• Some nectar bats are pollinators themselves, helping crops like agave (for tequila), mango, and bananas.