How do you attract bats to a new bat house?

We live in the city and our yard to unusable due to the mosquitos. Out in the country we never had a problem. There was a cave nearby with bats... and barns with barnswallows that ate ...show more

Or will just putting it up be enough? Where should I put it? Somewhere far away from a light, or doesn't' that matter?

I have mosquitos and bats eat them so I got a bat house to attract them. The problem is, I dont know how high they should be.

If I were to construct a bat house near Chicago (Southwest Suburbs), what would be the ideal construction of said bat house and what bats would I attract? Any other info on the topic would be helpful too!

We need to stock our bat house with bats than will eat mosquitos. Is there somewhere that sells and ships bats?

I built a bat house four years ago exactly per spec but I still don't have any bats living in it. Is there some way to "advertise" for tennants?

I've been trying to lure batman to my house. How can I lure bats to then lure him into my trap?

I bought my 5 year a bat house from the bat conservancy for christmas. She is totally excited about putting it up. But I am starting to worry about guano, attracting bats to a residential area ( a neighborhood of .3 acre lots that backs up to a national...