Tuttle trap for bats Jeff A. Alvarez Abstract A new design for an easy-to-build bat trap is presented here with details for its construc-tion. This trap was assembled from widely available polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubing and fittings. It was used in a variety of different landscape types under various environmen-tal conditions.

Mar 1, 2004 · A new design for an easy-to-build bat trap is presented here with details for its construction. This trap was assembled from widely available polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubing and fittings.

Aug 20, 1977 · The efficiency of the Tuttle bat trap was tested by analyzing the proportion of bats that were captured, passed through, avoided, and bounced off traps as they departed at dusk from nursery roosts of Myotis lucifugus.

Dec 13, 2010 · A new design for an easy-to-build bat trap is presented here with details for its construction. This trap was assembled from widely available polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubing and fittings. It was used in a variety of different landscape …

ABSTRACT.-Activity of bats was investigated at the entrance to an abandoned clay mine in Vermillion County, Indiana, between 21 November 1989 and 17 March 1990. The mine. subflavus, and northern bats M. septentrionalis. Two methods of sampling were employed, both using a double-frame Tuttle trap.

Mar 23, 2014 · One type of equipment I have worked on quite a bit is the harp trap, also known as the Tuttle trap. In 2008 I built a fixed frame harp trap, for use at roost entrances, which proved to be a great success and since then it has been used regularly, safely catching many bats (see "The kitchen table harp trap", January 2008 and "Happy harp trapping ...

May 8, 1973 · In order to trap efficiently the highly maneuverable vespertilionid and emballonurid bats, I have developed a trap which employs a double frame and other modifications. This trap is easily portable by one man and can be assembled or broken down in 45 minutes.

A new design for an easy-to-build bat trap is presented here with details for its construction. This trap was assembled from widely available polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubing and fittings.

Feb 16, 2008 · What is a harp trap? Also called a Tuttle trap (after Merlin Tuttle, whose invention it is), it's an ingenious trap which catches bats in flight, without harming them. It works like this: a bat flies towards the trap and recognises a harp-like …

Tuttle trap for bats Jeff A. Alvarez Abstract A new design for an easy-to-build bat trap is presented here with details for its construc-tion. This trap was assembled from widely available polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubing and fittings. It was used in a variety of different landscape types under various environmen-tal conditions.