US Bat Species
Allen's big-eared bat
Scientific Name: Idionycteris phyllotis (Id-ee-oh-nick-ter-is fye-low-tis)
Diet: Moths, soldier beetles, dung beeltes, leaf beetles, roaches, flying ants
Big brown bat
Scientific Name: Eptesicus fuscus (Ep-tess-a-kus fuss-kuss)
Diet: June beetles, spotted cucumber beetles, leaf beetles, ground beetls, termites, true bugs, leafhoppers, flying ants
Big free-tailed bat
Scientific Name: Nyctinomops macrotis (Nik-tin-oh-mops ma-krow-tis)
Diet: Moths, crickets, flying ants, stinkbugs, froghoppers, leafhoppers
California leaf-nosed bat
Scientific Name: Macrotus californicus (Ma-krow-tus kal-a-forn-a-kus)
Diet: Beetles, grasshoppers, cicadas, noctuid moths, caterpillars
California myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis californicus (My-oh-tis kal-a-forn-a-kus)
Diet: Moths, flies, beetles
Cave myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis velifer (My-oh-tis vel-i-fer)
Diet: Moths, weevils, antlions, small beetles
Desert red bat
Scientific Name: Lasiurus blossevillii (Lay-zee-your-us bloss-a-vill-ee-eye)
Diet: Moths, beetles, grasshoppers
Eastern pipistrelle
Scientific Name: Pipistrellus subflavus (Pip-a-strel-lus sub-flave-us)
Diet: Beetles, leafhoppers, ground beetles flies, moths, ants
Eastern red bat
Scientific Name: Lasiurus borealis (Lay-zee-your-us bor-ee-al-is)
Diet: Moths, scarab beetles, planthoppers, flying ants, leafhoppers, ground beetles, assassin bugs
Eastern small-footed myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis leibii (My-oh-tis lee-bee-eye)
Diet: Flies, bugs, Agallia, Piesma cinerium, Staphylinidae, ants
Evening bat
Scientific Name: Nycticeius humeralis (Nik-tee-zee-us hume-er-al-is)
JDiet: une beetles, Hemiptera, flying ants, spittle bugs, pomace flies, moths
Fringed myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis thysanodes (My-oh-tis thigh-sa-noy-dees)
Diet: Moths, beetles, Hopotera, Diptera
Gray myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis grisescens (My-oh-tis gri-sess-sens)
Diet: Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Homoptera, Mayfiles, Trichopteria, Hemiptera
Greater bonneted bat
Scientific Name: Eumops perotis (You-mops per-oh-tis)
Diet: Moths, beetles, flies, crickets, grasshoppers, bees, gragonflies, leafbugs, cicadas
Hoary bat
Scientific Name: Lasiurus cinereus (Lay-zee-your-us sa-near-ee-us)
Diet: Moths, beetles, grasshoppers, termites, dragonflies
Indiana myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis sodalis (My-oh-tis sow-dal-us)
Diet: Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Trichoptera, Hymenoptera, Homoptera
Jamaician Fruit-Eating Bat
Scientific Name: Artibeus jamaicensis (Ar-tib-ee-us ja-may-cen-sis)
Diet: Fruit
Keen's myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis kennii (My-oh-tis keen-ee-eye)
Diet: **
Little brown myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis lucifugus (My-oh-tis loo-siff-a-guss)
Diet: Flies, moths, beetles, water boatman, mayflies, chironomids, midges, mosquitoes, plant bugs, brown lacewings
Long-eared myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis evotis (My-oh-tis ee-voh-tis)
Diet: Lepidotera, Colepotera, Diptera, Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera
Long-legged myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis volans (My-oh-tis voh-lans)
Diet: Moths, beetles, flies, Homoptera, Hemiptera
Mexican free-tailed bat
Scientific Name: Tadarida brasiliensis (Ta-dare-a-dah bra-zill-ee-en-sis)
Diet: Moths, flying ants, June beetles, leaf beetles, leafhoppers, true bugs, midges, mosquitoes, flies, water boatmen, brown lacewing
Mexican long-nosed bat
Scientific Name: Leptonycteris nivalis (Lep-toh-nick-ter-is ni-val-is)
Diet: Nectar, pollen
Mexican Long-Tongued Bat
Scientific Name: Choeronycteris mexicana (Kare-o-nik-ter-is mex-a-kan-a)
Diet: Fruit, pollen, nectar, insects
Northern myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis septentrionalis (My-oh-tis sep-ten-tree-oh-nal-is)
Diet: Moths, beetles, flies
Northern yellow bat
Scientific Name: Lasiurus intermedius (Lay-zee-your-us in-ter-meed-ee-us)
Diet: Leafhoppers, dragonflies, flies, diving beetles, Scotylidae beetles, andts, mosquitoes
Pallas's mastiff bat
Scientific Name: Molossus molossus (Mow-loss-sus mow-loss-sus)
Diet: Moths, beetles, ants
Pallid bat
Scientific Name: Antrozous pallidus (An-tro-zoh-us pal-id-us)
Diet: Ground beetles, June beetles, moths, crickets, froghoppers, leaf hoppers, antlions, grasshoppers, scorpions.
Peters's Ghost Faced Bat
Scientific Name: Mormoops megalophylla (More-moops mea-a-low-file-lah)
Diet: Large moths
Pocketed free-tailed bat
Scientific Name: Nyctinomops femorosaccus (Nik-tin-oh-mops fem-oh-row-sock-us)
Diet: Moths, crickets, flying ants, stinkbugs, froghoppers, leafhoppers, lacewings
Rafinesque's big-eared bat
Scientific Name: Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Kory-nor-eye-nus raff-a-nes-kee-eye)
Diet: Moths
Seminole bat
Scientific Name: Lasiurus seminolus (Lay-zee-your-us sem-a-nole-us)
Diet: Moths, true bugs, flies, beetles, crickets
Silver-haired bat
Scientific Name: Lasionycteris noctivagans (Lay-zee-oh-nick-ter-is nok-ti-vah-gans)
Diet: Moths, bugs, beetles, flies, caddisflies
Southeastern myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis austroriparius (My-oh-tis aus-troh-rye-pare-ee-us)
Diet: Diptera, Coleoptera, flies, mosquitoes
Southern yellow bat
Scientific Name: Lasiurus ega (Lay-zee-your-us ee-ga)
Diet: **
Southwestern myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis auriculus (My-oh-tis a-rick-you-lus)
Diet: **
Spotted bat
Scientific Name: Euderma maculaturn (You-derm-a mak-you-lay-turn)
Diet: Moths
The lesser long-nosed bat
Scientific Name: Leptonycteris curasoae (Lep-toh-nick-ter-is kur-a-soh-ee)
Diet: Nectar, pollen, insects
Townsend's big-eared bat
Scientific Name: Corynorhinus townsendii (Kory-nor-eye-nus town-send-ee-eye)
Diet: Moths, flies, lacewings, dung beetles, sawflies
Underwood's bonneted bat
Scientific Name: Eumops underwoodi (You-mops un-der-wood-eye)
Diet: Scarab beetles, June beetles, short-horned grasshoppers, leafhoppers, moths, leaf beetles, planthoppers, long-horned beetles
Wagner's bonneted bat
Scientific Name: Eumops glaucinus (You-mops glau-sine-us)
Diet: **
Western pipistrelle
Scientific Name: Pipistrellus hesperus (Pip-a-strel-lus hes-per-us)
Diet: Moths, beetles, flies, caddisflies, stoneflies, leaf bugs, leafhoppers, mosquitoes, ants, wasps
Western small-footed myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis ciliolabrum (My-oh-tis sill-ee-oh-lay-brum)
Diet: Moths, Diptera, Hemiptera, beetles, Homoptera
Western yellow bat
Scientific Name: Lasiurus xanthinus (Lay-zee-your-us zan-thigh-nuss)
Diet: **
Yuma myotis
Scientific Name: Myotis yumanensis (My-oh-tis you-ma-nen-sis)
Diet: Flies, moths, beetles, froghoppers, leafhoppers, June beetles, ground beetles, midges, muscid flies, caddisflies, crane flies