Puzzles

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

Newborn baby Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) cluster at 300-500 per square foot in a Texas cave. Sharing body heat speeds growth. Each mother produces just one pup per year, but even in these crowded conditions she can find and nurse her own several times daily. Courtship & Rearing Young

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

Between 10 and 20 million Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) emerging from Bracken Cave in Texas. They will climb thousands of feet above ground where, aided by tail winds, they can travel at up to 100 miles per hour to reach distant feeding areas. Before their dawn return, these bats will consume 100 - 200 tons of insects, mostly crop pests over agricultural areas. Emergence

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

Cave Nectar Bat (Eonycteris spelaea) are found throughout most of Southeast Asia where they are extraordinarily important pollinators of ecologically and economically important trees, including Durian, Petai, Wild Banana and Mangroves. This one is pollinating a Wild Banana. They live in cave entrances where they form large, conspicuous colonies. In the past their colonies sometimes included up to a million or more individuals, but except where protected, their numbers have declined alarmingly, overharvested for human food. Pollination

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

A tightly packed cluster of endangered Indiana myotis (Myotis sodalis) hibernating in a Kentucky cave. With just their faces, ears and wrists exposed, they can pack in at more than 300 per square foot. Hibernation

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

Congress Avenue Bridge emergence of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) as tourists enjoy watching. Millions of visitors have viewed this spectacle, close-up, over more than 35 years, and no one has been harmed by a bat. The bats attract millions of tourist dollars each summer and consume tons of crop and yard pests each night. Emergences

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

A Gray Long-eared bat (Plecutus austriacus) emerging from a woodpecker cavity. It is found only in Europe, ranging from Portugal to Moldova and from Denmark to Greece. These bats are often solitary but form nursery colonies of 10 to 30 females. This is a relatively sedentary species that occupies a wide variety of roosts and habitats. In summer, it roosts mostly in tree cavities and buildings and may also use caves during winter hibernation. It feeds mostly on moths in lowland valleys, including in agricultural landscapes. It is very similar to the Brown long-eared bat, from which it was first distinguished in the 1960s. Roosting

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

The Greater Mouse-eared Bat (Myotis myotis) ranges throughout most of Europe, including also the Syrian Arab Republic and Turkey. It feeds on a wide variety of arthropods, from large insects to centipedes, relying solely on its large ears to detect sounds made by prey (footsteps, wingbeats or courtship calls) and often captures prey directly from the ground or from foliage. It uses echolocation only to navigate. This one has detected a katydid and is about to descend for the capture. These bats hibernate in caves, mines or tunnels in winter and rear young mostly in caves or buildings in summer. Catching Prey

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

Honduran white bats (Ectophylla alba) roosting in a "tent" formed by cutting the midribs of a Heliconia leaf in a Costa Rican rain forest. Roosting

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

Greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) pollinating a wild banana plant in Thailand. All commercial bananas come from bat-pollinated ancestors in Southeast Asia. Pollination

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

Lyle's flying foxes (Pteropus lylei) roosting in the Jantraram Temple court yard, protected by monks in Thailand. These, and other flying foxes, are essential seed dispersers and pollinators, but are declining at alarming rates. Roosting

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

Mehely's Horseshoe Bats (Rhinolophus mehelyi) often hunt moths from strategically located perches, like fly-catcher birds. This one has just caught a moth. It is a medium-sized member of its genus that lives in eastern Europe and parts of the Middle East. It prefers to live in caves year round, often near water. It hunts for moths and other insects near the ground among bushes and trees on warm hillsides.

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

An adult male minor epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus labiatus minor) with his cheek pouches full of ripe figs in Kenya. Epauletted bats are essential seed dispersers and pollinators in African forests and savannahs. Males appear to use their cheek pouches primarily to enhance courtship singing. But these pouches are also handy for carrying food. Portraits

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

A Mexican long-tongued bat (Choeronycteris mexicana) has its face covered in agave pollen, having just returned to its roost from feeding in Arizona. These bats are essential pollinators of many night-blooming desert plants. Pollination

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

A silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) during fall migration in Wisconsin. Some of these are long-distance migrators. Others may not migrate at all. Roosting

252-piece puzzle measures 14 inches by 10 inches and has a glossy finish. It comes in a black box with a 5 x 7 print of the image on top of the box. Box measures 5.625" x 7.625" x 1.2".

A spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) pollinating a black bean tree (Castinoperum australis), a prized timber tree in Australia. Pollination