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Carole Reynolds, Education Officer in the Connemara National ParkIrish bats are all small, most only weigh about 5g and none weigh more than about 12g. That\\u2019s less than about three little spoons of sugar (or three 5c pieces). All Irish bats are brown in colour, although some have white bellies. Irish bats all eat insects. They are insectivorous. The bat in the picture is an Irish Lesser Horseshoe Bat. The only places in Ireland where you can find bats that eat fruit are the zoos in Dublin and Belfast. The bats that are kept in both zoos are Rodrigues Fruit Bats, which come from a tropical island in the Indian Ocean.There are nine different types of bats found in Ireland. Some of these are found all over the island of Ireland, while some are just found in some places.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Common pipistrelle\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Soprano pipistrelle\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Nathusius\\u2019 pipistrelle\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Leisler\\u2019s bat\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Daubenton\\u2019s bat\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Whiskered bat\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Natterer\\u2019s bat\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Brown long-eared bat\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Lesser horseshoe bat