The brown long-eared bat (Latin name is plecotus auritusis) is a medium-sized bat with ears almost as long as the body. These large appendages are three quarters the length of the bat's head and body. When resting, the bats fold their ears and hold them backwards.
They have a slow and fluttering flight, often close to vegetation or in woodland and near the ground, which makes them vulnerable to predation from domestic cats. They use their large ears to listen for prey sounds and gleaning insects from the surface of foliage. This bat's huge ears provide exceptionally sensitive hearing - it can even hear a ladybird walking on a leaf!
They eat mainly moths, beetles, flies, earwigs and spiders. They normally roost in small colonies in older buildings, barns, churches and trees.
