One local business is fighting mosquitoes with bats--actually encouraging the creatures to live on the property.It's small, no bigger than a textbook.“The first time I expected to see something a lot larger too,” Kaktus Brewery owner Dana Koller said.It’s hard to believe that up to 100 bats can fit into it. The number also surprised Koller, who bought the bat habitat and put it on this perch outside of Kaktus Brewery.“I was trying to research ways that we could cut down on our insects here,” Koller said.The brewery's owner said two bats have been hanging around the brewery and he wanted to give them and others a home, along with plenty of food.“Each bat will eat roughly anywhere between 600-1,000 insects in an evening,” Koller said.Kaktus Brewery’s owner said they are all about sustainability, from the solar panels that are on the property to the beehives they put in on the property just a few months ago, the owner says the bat habitat just fits.Some customers don’t mind the new residents because they’re so small, and some didn’t even notice the new habitat.“I didn't even know it was there. That's really cool; it's like, a bat motel,” customer J.D. Davis said.It’s an interesting way to keep the bugs away.

One local business is fighting mosquitoes with bats--actually encouraging the creatures to live on the property.

It's small, no bigger than a textbook.


“The first time I expected to see something a lot larger too,” Kaktus Brewery owner Dana Koller said.

It’s hard to believe that up to 100 bats can fit into it. The number also surprised Koller, who bought the bat habitat and put it on this perch outside of Kaktus Brewery.

“I was trying to research ways that we could cut down on our insects here,” Koller said.

The brewery's owner said two bats have been hanging around the brewery and he wanted to give them and others a home, along with plenty of food.

“Each bat will eat roughly anywhere between 600-1,000 insects in an evening,” Koller said.

Kaktus Brewery’s owner said they are all about sustainability, from the solar panels that are on the property to the beehives they put in on the property just a few months ago, the owner says the bat habitat just fits.

Some customers don’t mind the new residents because they’re so small, and some didn’t even notice the new habitat.

“I didn't even know it was there. That's really cool; it's like, a bat motel,” customer J.D. Davis said.

It’s an interesting way to keep the bugs away.