It’s Frickin’ Bats!

This year looks a lot different than Halloweens past, but that’s no reason not to dress up and have some fun!
Need some last minute costume ideas? Here’s a couple quick and easy bat-inspired ideas!

Take the tried and true standard of a white sheet, with eye holes cut out. The twist? Add a set of white or grey bat wings (an old umbrella, or some wire hangers and a trash bag make great pair of DIY bat wings), and voila!

Now you are a “Ghost bat”! 

An actual "ghost bat" - the northern ghost bat (Diclidurus albus), a species found in Central America. Photo: Merlin Tuttle
Me as a Mist-net! Pulled together last minute for Halloween while working in Panama! Confession: I was actually trying to be a "bat cave", but a friend mistook me for a mist net, and I loved it.

Grab a black or shimmery mesh cape or fabric (I’ve been successful at finding them in the bargain/sale section of most Halloween shops), a black dress or top/pants combo, and some black or brown foam or felt. Cut-out some bat shapes, and pin them to your clothes. Now you are a mist net on a busy night!

Really in a pinch? Throw on a pair of cargo pants and hiking shirt, a pair of gardening gloves and a headlamp. Carry around a field note book and a stuffed bat –  now you too can be a bat biologist!

Ready for the field (and practicing my bat measuring skills)! Pose inspired by learning that "flexible business woman" is a category of stock photos.

Have a safe, fun, and happy Halloween!

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