White Nose Syndrome

Bats affected with white-nose syndrome (WNS). A. Close-up of nose of Myotis lucifugus (little brown bat) from New York with infection. B. Another little brown bat with WNS. C. Tricolored bat from North Carolina with WNS.

Bats with white noses and corresponding letters

Photo A by Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation; Photo B by Marvin Moriarty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Photo C by Gabrielle Graeter, North Carolina WR