Spectacled Flying-foxes roost high on the branches of trees.

Camps are often found in patches of rainforest and swamps as well as mangroves. Quartermain said the spectacled flying fox had been failed by Australia’s national environment law, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, because the … The Spectacled Flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) is a large fruit bat which is also called the Spectacled Fruit Bat, or Spectacled Bat. They roost together in groups often made up of tens of thousands of bats, called camps. It lives on the islands of Woodlark, Alcester, Kiriwina, and Halmahera in New Guinea, and is also found in Queensland Australia. Commonwealth approval is needed as spectacled flying foxes are listed as an endangered species. The conditional approval allows the council to use directional sound-emitting devices, metal clangers, pool noodles and low-pressure water jets to disperse the bats, but only twice a day and for a maximum of two-and-a-half hours each time. GAH-36415.tif Image: G A Hoye