Eastern red bats roost in foliage and migrate through Indiana, linking deciduous woods with feeding areas along forest edges at places such as Indiana Dunes, Kankakee Sands, and Pokagon. Records rise in March–April and June–July, consistent with seasonal movement and summer activity, though visible encounters remain unusual.
The 73 iNaturalist records are documented detections, not a measure of abundance. Grounded or roosting bats are far more likely to be photographed than bats feeding overhead, and most acoustic surveys are not represented, so Indiana’s record map is necessarily incomplete.
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