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Sat 07 Jul 2007EyeOnNatureReader's observations on nature. Last year and again this year, when on a pilgrimage to Lough Derg, I observed young bats crawling on the porch walls of the smaller church, and dead and dying in the gully traps on either side of the porch. I noticed a contraption designed to trap midges about 40 yards from the door of the chapel. Surely bats are expert at dealing with midges?