Long-legged myotis has a thin presence in Wyoming, with 9 records from Lincoln, Carbon, Park, and Fremont counties, including Fossil Butte National Monument and Yellowstone National Park, and the most recent confirmed sighting dates back to 2019. Seven of those records come from GBIF and only 2 from iNaturalist, which lines up with how this bat is usually documented: acoustic surveys and mist-net captures at caves, mines, and old snags, rather than people spotting it on the wing.
Six of the 9 records fall in June, when this fast-flying bat is working forest edges and cliffs for insects on warm nights, though so few records can’t say whether that reflects real activity or just when survey crews are out. NatureServe rates it apparently secure in Wyoming (S4B), a reassuring status for a bat that depends on loose bark for summer roosting and undisturbed caves for winter. Look for it around dead standing trees near water, where it tends to roost before dropping into flight at dusk.
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