Sentences with word «myotis»

Nineteen of 21 greater mouse - eared bats (Myotis myotis) crashed into a vertical metal plate at least once, the scientists report in the Sept. 8 Science.

As I watched a local population of little brown myotis bats wake up and hunt for some breakfast this late summer evening, I was surprised to see a blinking firefly hovering in my yard.

Speculating that perhaps gray myotis just didn't come out every night, we returned repeatedly to check their roosting area and watch for emergences at the entrance.

I noted the evidence for a European origin for the fungus attacking little brown myotis bats.

Infrared camera footage of wild bat colonies inhabited by M. myotis and two other bat species showed that vertical plastic plates trick bats in natural settings, as well.

Yet researchers have also found carcasses of cave - hibernating bats, including the little brown bat and the northern long - eared myotis — two species that have been devastated by the fungal disease white nose syndrome and that are now being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act.

The few books of the time that mentioned gray myotis stated that they lived in a single cave year - round.

As the little brown myotis population in northeast shrinks, are there other species of bat (or bird or...) that tend to fill the vacated insectivore niche?

FLIGHT PATH DANGER Vertical, smooth surfaces could create acoustic traps for mouse - eared bats (Myotis myotis) like this one.

Alvar Bay is additionally home to a wide range of wildlife, including endangered animals such as the Massassauga rattlesnake and little brown myotis (bat).

New experiments suggest that members of one species of these furry flyers — Myotis myotis, the greater mouse - eared bat — can do something no other mammal is known to do: They detect and use polarized light to calibrate their long - distance navigation.

Of 21 greater mouse - eared bats (Myotis myotis), 19 crashed into a vertical metal plate at least once, the researchers report September 7 in Science.

In return, their mouse - eared bats (Myotis myotis) eat 3.5 tonnes of insects a year.