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Originally posted by Undertoad
It measures less than an inch and a half from head to tail (3 cm). Hold your hand up in this same position and picture the thing on your hand. They say people mistake it for a moth.
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It doesn't look that much smaller than the bats I've seen. I've seen a few close up, and even handled one (it tried to bite me, so I ended up carrying it outside wrapped in a clean sock), and the ones I've seen are usually about the size of a small mouse, just slightly larger than the one in the picture.
Regarding confusion between moths and bats, I once saw a large moth fluttering around the room, and I spent about half an hour watching it fly around the room trying to figure out if it was a bat or a moth, their flight motions are so similar. It wasn't until it finally landed that I figured out it really was a moth.
In the summer around here, the bugs are attracted to the mercury vapor lamps outside, and we can see bats fluttering around the lights getting dinner (or should I say breakfast) every night.