How to get rid of Bats

just cover up the corner.
literally anything... cardboard, plywood, crawfish sack, anything

Please don’t eat them.

I think I have just one that comes into the corner each night. Guess I’ll try handing/putting something in that corner and see if that works.

I wish there was a scent/smell they didn’t like and I would put that there too

And once they’re out build/put out a bat house so some stick around for mosquito control.

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I've got an open garage with no garage door.

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WTF?

There's your problem right there. Buy a garage door, for pete's sake.

I don't know if it would work.....but buy a box of moth balls. Do not open the box, just put it in the area. I put a box of moth balls in my 25 x 25 shop/garage to keep spitters from building webs. No spitters or generally no flying insects. Box lasted 10+ years before buying another one.

I talked to the neighbor across the street that has about 40 bats in his attic. I learned that the house 2 doors down has over a 1000 bats in the detatched garage.

I went down there yesterday evening to watch the bats. Just as it was getting dark, the man came out and got a box out of his truck. I walked up to talk with him.

He was setting up a flood light to try to see exactly where the bats come out. When the light was turned on, it really lite up the area and the bats started make a lot of "churping" noise. No bats came out until the light had been turned off for several minutes. When he used a small spot light to light up where he though the bats came out.... they stopped coming out.

So his thinking [and mind] is that a bright light might disturb the bats so much that they will leave. But....the bats also get in the garage from the back side, so he needs a second flood light to do both place at the same time. I might go there this evening to see what he plans to do.