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osquitoes have a place in the food chain, but not on your skin. Bats and birds are mosquito patrols, too. Build a bat house and you’ll have fewer mosquitoes!
Bat House!
• Woodworking for Wildlife by Carroll Henderson has a bat house plan. You can build it from one piece of lumber for $5.00.
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For more, see • http://www.batcon.org/bhra/bhcriter.html
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hat does one big brown bat eat each night? Use the clues to find out!
_________
A bat eats between _________ and
(A)
mosquitoes and other insects each night.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
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2003
Clues
How many years in a century? Add a zero. _________ Multiply times 3.
_________ _________
(A)
How many pennies in a dollar?
(B)
_________
Multiply times the number of days in a week. _________ Add one more zero.
_________
(B)
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