Here's a redesign of a bat species I made up, the salamander face bat. Perfectly fitting for


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All those bat peeps who enjoyed my designs:
I've got note pad designs on my mind!
Do I burn my bank account to the ground for a 3rd design?
Do I go with a NZ short tailed
NZ and Aussie ecology buffs: interested in chiroptera stationary?

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イラスト描きました~。オリジナルで、ハロウィンとBatWeekからコウモリをイメージして描きました。コウモリって意外と可愛いですよね。
      

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Another favorite for Palaeochiropteryx, which is represented by two species at the middle Eocene site of Messel in Germany

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You might not realize it, but every time food hits your plate there’s likely a bat who has helped it to land there. Through pest control, pollination & seed dispersal, bats are tremendously intertwined with our global & local food systems. https://t.co/S5vgCBpyCY

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Our contribution for Victorian New Year greetings card showing a fantastic dream like scene with jockey fairies using peacock feathers as whips tickling their mounts towards an imaginary finishing post.

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1. "Schedel" (Skulls). By Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, 1845
2. No title. - Bats; 1861
3. "Bat-Fowling" by Samuel Howitt, 1799
4. "Fliegende Hunde" (Flying Dogs), 1889

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The last week in October is an annual international celebration which raises awareness about the need for bat conservation and recognizes their vital role in nature!

Read more about these misunderstood champions of the night sky! https://t.co/uCdL1KtWPY

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It's and There are 1,400+ bat species in the world. Bats account for more than a quarter of mammal species in the UK and around 20% of all mammal species worldwide. https://t.co/UJLvMXp9y0

FREE bat poster: https://t.co/OkhGiW4vpQ

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Seba's short-tailed bat brunching on lolly bananas. Ok lovely This is the final bat from me for 2021 - 10th days - A full week. I have more bat art planned but confection & is wrapping its leathery wings & hibernating til 2022

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8th offering -an Epauletted Bat about to stuff its face with Halawa simsim (a Southern Sudanese sesame sweets). This one is dedicated to - whos fantastic photos fed my love of bats early on

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Another delivery! The deliciously colourful Honduran Bat... I've just realised I could have done Duran lolly pun (though they don't coexist). Thank you to everyone following for & retweeting these! This one is for , just coz.

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continues with a Long-eared Pipstrelle lapping up Licorish allsorts. Ears up as it is actively listening. Look up and boggle at the sheer quantity of insects bats eat in a night! Chuck out your pest sprays and invest in tree crevices and bat boxes!

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continuing a pace! Ghost bats are Australia's largest microbat, stunning & carnivorous. has done some awesome research on their social vocalisations. Lolly frogs are wonderfully chewy - a real Macroderma gigas would infinitely prefer a mouse.

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Another offering; Hipposideros fulva about to nick pistachios from atop Gulab Jamun. These bats are actually insectivorous and have the most adorable little nose dishes that aid in echolocation.

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Last bats from me (I think) of from Joris Hoefnagel, C16th. 🦇 🦇 🦇

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that as well as today is also the final day of To celebrate here is a print of various bats from Ernst Haeckel's 'Kunstformen der Natur' (Artforms in nature), 1899-1904. More about Haeckel in our blog from 2017: https://t.co/p2yQettBgn

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Bats are pretty important - over 300 species of fruit depend on bats for pollination.

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Results from tonight's stream!

Everyone is now Bat, congrats

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