Broad spec Bat information

Question 1

Challenges of surveying bats

Answer 1

flight, nocturnal, size, often live in places inaccessible to humans

Question 2

Migrators

Answer 2

Lasiurus cinereus, Lasiurus borealis, Lasionycteris noctivagans

Question 3

Hibernators

Answer 3

Eptesicus fuscus, Myotis lucifugus, Perimyotis subflavus, Myotis septenrionalis

Question 4

Common Roost Locations

Answer 4

small, dark, enclosed areas

Question 5

Common Bats

Answer 5

Big brown, little brown, eastern red

Question 6

What is White Nose Syndrome

Answer 6

Caused by fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destrucans) that only grows dark, cold (40-50F) humid (90%) conditions.

Question 7

What does WNS target?

Answer 7

Disrupts bats during hibernation, causing them to use critical fat storage early and important physiological conditions (wing impairments)

Question 8

What percentage of bat populations decreased in caves and mines where WNS was present?

Answer 8

80-98%

Question 9

What bat species was the most affected by WNs

Answer 9

Myotis lucifugus

Question 10

How do people know WNS is present

Answer 10

Bats found dead at entrances of hibernation locations, bats found dead/dying outside in winter

Question 11

When and where was WNs detected in WI

Answer 11

April 2014, Grant County