BAT REMOVAL IN MARION COUNTY
Bat Removal in Marion County, FL
Bats in a Marion County attic, barn or soffit, or streaming out of the roofline at dusk? We look for the openings bats use, let them out with one-way devices in the legal season and seal up. Call (844) 264-6254.
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What's the legal way to get bats out of a Marion County house?
By exclusion: one-way devices at the entry points let the colony fly out and keep it from coming back, fitted only from August 15 to April 15 under FWC rules. Pro Wildlife Removal checks a Marion home for the gaps bats use, fits the devices and seals them after. Call (844) 264-6254.
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- A rabid bat on the 2022 table
- No palm pruning in pup season
Bats in Marion County
Marion County bats: palms, caves and rabies records
Marion has rabid bats on its record, Extension advice on bats in palms, a state park plan that lists its bats, and bat maternity caves. Here is what they say.
One rabid bat on four years of tables
Marion's 2022 rabies table listed a rabid bat along with 2 raccoons. The county's 2023, 2024 and 2025 tables listed no rabid bats.
Palm skirts are roosts
UF/IFAS Extension Marion County wrote in 2021 that dead palm fronds are a favorite roost for several bat species, and asked residents not to prune palm skirts during the bat maternity period.
Pup season, Extension says
The same 2021 Extension post said baby bats are called pups, that Florida has 13 native bat species and that it is illegal year-round to intentionally harm or kill bats.
A bat house in Ocala
Ocala-News reported in April 2026 that Ocala's Programs in the Parks had scheduled a free owls and bats session at Heritage Nature Conservancy for May 1, 2026, with a photo of the bat house at the park.
Bats in Silver Springs State Park
Silver Springs State Park's 2014 management plan lists the red bat and southeastern myotis, and says FNAI documented a hoary bat on the former attraction property that hasn't been observed since the 1970s.
Maternity caves on the state's list
Florida's 2026 Florida Forever plan for southeastern bat maternity caves names two Marion County caves, Catacombs Cave and Jenning's Cave, and lists Catacombs as occupied. Each spring, the plan says, adult female southeastern bats move to certain caves to bear and raise their young.
A rabid bat near Micanopy, 2020
In August 2020, WCJB reported that DOH-Marion had issued an alert after a bat in the Micanopy area tested positive for rabies.
A villa overrun, 2016
In 2016, neighbors of a Legacy Villas home in the Village of Briar Meadow South, on the Marion side of The Villages, told Villages-News it was overrun with bats, rats and more.
Who to call
Marion County contacts for bat bites and exclusions
In Marion, DOH-Marion takes bat contact reports and FWC's Ocala office answers exclusion questions.
Bitten or touched by a bat
DOH-Marion, 352-629-0137.
Exclusion questions
FWC's Northeast Region office in Ocala, 352-732-1225, or UF/IFAS Extension Marion, 352-671-8400.
Bats in your home
A private company. Call us at (844) 264-6254.
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FAQ
Bat questions in Marion County
Which months can a Marion County bat colony be excluded?
From August 15 to April 15, under FWC's rules. Maternity season, April 16 to August 14, needs a permit. Devices should stay up at least four nights with lows forecast at 50°F or higher.
Should I trim my palm trees if bats roost in them?
Not during pup season. UF/IFAS Extension Marion asks residents to leave the dead fronds, or skirts, alone during the maternity period, since several bat species roost there.
Have bats in Marion County had rabies?
Marion's 2022 table listed one rabid bat; its 2023 to 2025 tables listed none. Never handle a bat, and report any bite or bare-skin contact to DOH-Marion, 352-629-0137.
Can I poison or trap the bats in my attic?
No. Extension Marion and FWC both say killing or harming bats is illegal, and FWC bans poisons, fumigants and relocation. One-way exclusion is the legal method.
Can someone come look at bats in Marion County today?
Same-day appointments for bats are often available in Marion County. Call (844) 264-6254.
Bats in your Marion County home?
Bats in a Marion County attic? Call (844) 264-6254.
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