Article: A BAT CALL GOES OUT IN PARKER TO COMBAT WEST NILE VIRUS TOWN TRIES TO ATTRACT MOSQUITO PREDATORS WITH CUSTOM HOMES.(City Desk/Local)

Byline: Ann Imse

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

Parker is going batty, trying to fight West Nile virus with furry flying creatures that can eat 1,000 mosquitoes an hour.

It has second- and third-graders at Pine Lane Primary School building bat boxes in hopes of attracting the nocturnal creatures to munch on mosquitoes breeding in town detention ponds.

On a recent school day, Kenny Hamsley of Parker Public Works arrived with drill and bat-house parts in hand, ready to explain how the winged mammals could help combat the mosquito-borne virus.

But Hamsley knew he had to start with what the third-graders really wanted to know.

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