Spotlight: Going Batty For Halloween
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The Witches Of Lyman Run State Park, Courtesy PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Halloween is not only about tricks and treats, ghosts and goblins, it's also about bats!  And Pennsylvania is home to nine species of bats that may be scary to look at, but perform a very valuable function-- they eat at least 25 percent of their body weight in inspects like mosquitoes at every feeding.

To learn more, visit the Game Commission's Pennsylvania bats webpage.


10/29/2012

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