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![CommonFruitBat-longan [JoeTham]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CommonFruitBat-longan-JoeTham-q8dfg937ahxuh0iint89h7vkith946f4mqyrs4uik0.jpg "CommonFruitBat-longan [JoeTham]")
Joe Tham‘s image of a bat targeting the fruits of Longan (Dimocarpus longan) adds to the former’s food list. Wildlife consultant Subaraj Rajathurai has this to say: “Based on the […]
![Bat-proof [JeanHo] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Bat-proof-JeanHo-1-q8dgfqhvaciir2z0gne93riztgl2ouacidjmz68ho0.jpg "Bat-proof [JeanHo] 1")
Following the success of discouraging the Common Fruit Bats (Cynopterus brachyotis) from roosting by hanging a bag of fresh red chillies nearby: HERE and HERE, Dr Jean Ho decided to […]
“One morning in early May 2016, I was admiring a cosy colony of Common Fruit Bats (Cynopterus brachyotis) and observing their dedicated maternal care (above). “One of the mothers had […]
It has been more than a year since I hung a bag of red chillies in my porch to discourage Common Fruit Bats (Cynopterus brachyotis) from roosting. Initially the bats […]
![RedChillies as bat deterrant [wyc]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/RedChillies-as-bat-deterrant-wyc-q8df5aazk2xf0sfyp2kydzhz0zj3bavv4gyu7x3v5c.jpg "RedChillies as bat deterrant [wyc]")
So far, all attempts at discouraging Common Fruit Bats (Cynopterus brachyotis) from roosting in my porch failed. I tried spotlights and hung CDs LINK 1 and LINK 2 but without […]
![CFBat-jv hang-wings open [wyc] - 2](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CFBat-jv-hang-wings-open-wyc-2-q8dgrdpvyggel622goluztqkrb6s1uims0i70kywkw.jpg "CFBat-jv hang-wings open [wyc] – 2")
On the afternoon of 23rd November, neighbour Amber Lau, accompanied by her parents, brought a juvenile Common Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) hanging from the end of a short stick. The […]
![CFBat a-male [wyc]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CFBat-a-male-wyc-q8dfljwftv71xutcplpj1dq541criqgn0zec7azlgw.jpg "CFBat a-male [wyc]")
On 4th October 2014, there was, as always, a dominant male Common Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) hanging in the porch (above). As usual, he was the first to be there, […]
A colony of Common Fruit Bats (Cynopterus brachyotis) had been roosting in my porch since 2006 LINK. In 2014 I got tired of the mess the bats left behind and […]
![Syzygium grande fr - bat marks [RosemaryChng]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Syzygium-grande-fr-bat-marks-RosemaryChng-q8dfzjpxl2cqsuhiznhk5ul7ikdi4i0rm92lfm8kts.jpg "Syzygium grande fr – bat marks [RosemaryChng]")
One evening at around 19:30 hours, Rosemary Chng was standing outside the gate of her house under a Trumpet tree (Tabebuia sp.). Suddenly she gave a yell when something landed […]
“On this particular evening, the roost was occupied by less than half a dozen Common Fruit Bats (Cynopterus brachyotis). The key players were the alpha male, two adults with one […]
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