Florida City Turns to Bats for Pest Control

Officials in Deltona, Fla., installed the first "bat house," which they hope to use to control mosquitoes. A single bat can eat about 1,000 mosquito-size insects in an hour.

DELTONA, Fla. - Officials in Deltona, a city northeast of Orlando, installed the first "bat house" in their city on Friday.

They're hoping that having the bats will be an environmentally friendly form of pest control since a single bat can eat about 1,000 mosquito-size insects in an hour.

The bat house is a cedar box that sits on a pole about 20 feet in the air.

Officials hope the house will give bats a home since they have lost habitat due to development. They plan other bat houses around the city.

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