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	For those of you who missed our summer nature nugget here is the riddle one last time:</div>
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	<em><strong>Search wetland skies well after dark&nbsp;</strong></em></div>
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	<em><strong>for this frosted flier before it&nbsp;departs. &nbsp;</strong></em></div>
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	<em><strong>Soon during August it will travel south,&nbsp;</strong></em></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 12pt; "><em><strong>Michigan&#39;s largest of&nbsp;these catching bugs with its mouth.</strong></em></span></div>
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	And the answer is....</div>
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	<span style="font-size: 16px; "><strong>Hoary Bat </strong><em>Lasiurus cinereus</em></span></p>
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	<u><img alt="Photo credit: www.nenature.com" src="{filedir_5}HoaryBat(1).jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 164px; float: right; " />Background:</u>&nbsp; The Hoary bat is the largest bat in Michigan, with a wingspan of about 40 cm, but it still weighs less than the smallest chipmunk.&nbsp; It flies later into the night than any other bat in the region; once the daylight has disappeared, the hoary bat courses low over wetlands, lakes, and rivers in conifer country (Eder 188).</p>
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	<u>Decription:</u>&nbsp; Large size (comparatively), grey/brown fur with white frosted tips, head, throat, and shoulders buff yellow.&nbsp; Weight:&nbsp; 19-35 g.&nbsp; Length: 110-150 mm.&nbsp; Wingspan: 38-41 cm</p>
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	<u>Habitat/Range:</u>&nbsp; Open grassy fields and deciduous and Conifer wetlands throughout Michigan.&nbsp; Females thought to travel further north to Ontario.</p>
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	<u>Diet:</u>&nbsp; Mainly moths, plant hoppers, flies, and beatles (Eder 189).</p>
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	Source:</p>
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	Eder, Tamara.&nbsp; <em>Mammals of Ontario.&nbsp; </em>Auburn, WA: Lone Pine Publishing, 2002.&nbsp; Print</p>
