During the spring and summer is when bats tend to start roosting in the attic. Bats are very beneficial in the Milford, however, it is sometimes necessary to exclude them from our home or businesses to prevent contact with humans in habituated areas. Most of the time exclusions are performed in residential areas, due to homes being very close to each other.
Bats live in colonies, which means that there are many, and they live very close to each other. Most bats take care of others young as a colony, while the mother goes out foraging. Very few animals possess this trait. During the spring and summer is when large colonies start to form, these colonies are called nursery colonies. Of which, is made up of mother bats. For the reverse, an all-male bat colony is called a bachelor colony. These are much smaller than a nursery colony only having roughly ~10 bats. However, it is the female colonies that will need to be excluded. If you have bats, you will have guano and it will need to be cleaned up