rah ▁Forest ▁of ▁South west ▁Australia ▁exam ined ▁the ▁hab its ▁of ▁these ▁b ats ▁at ▁two ▁locations . ▁This ▁species ▁fav oured ▁h ollow s ▁of ▁trees , ▁pre domin antly ▁the ▁gi ants ▁jar rah , ▁Eu cal y pt us ▁margin ata , ▁and ▁mar ri , ▁C ory mb ia ▁cal oph yl la , ▁located ▁in ▁m ature ▁and ▁open ▁forest ▁buff ers ▁reserved ▁by ▁later ▁forest ▁management ▁practices . ▁The ▁individuals ▁occupied ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁ro ost s ▁in ▁a ▁conf ined ▁local ity , ▁a ▁h ollow ▁at ▁a ▁high ▁elev ation ▁on ▁the ▁tree , ▁and ▁seem ▁to ▁favour ▁rip arian ▁zones . ▁In ▁a ▁survey ▁of ▁the ▁greater ▁Melbourne ▁area , ▁where ▁they ▁are ▁un common , ▁the ▁species ▁did ▁not ▁adopt ▁the ▁bat ▁boxes ▁installed ▁to ▁replace ▁their ▁preferred ▁habitat . ▁ ▁E col ogy ▁ ▁V es pad el us ▁reg ulus ▁for ages ▁amongst ▁all ▁levels ▁of ▁their ▁habitat , ▁including ▁at ▁the ▁ground ▁and ▁above ▁the ▁forest ▁can opy . ▁They ▁are ▁fast ▁and ▁ag ile , ▁able ▁to ▁tw ist ▁in ▁the ▁air ▁while ▁purs uing ▁small ▁moth s ▁and ▁other ▁pre y . ▁The ▁species ▁flight ▁is ▁character ised ▁by ▁spir alling ▁and ▁gl iding ▁in ▁long ▁ar cs . ▁A ▁study ▁in ▁compar ative ▁analysis ▁of ▁flight ▁in ▁Australian ▁b ats ▁reported ▁this ▁highly ▁ener get ic ▁species , ▁along ▁with ▁w att led ▁b ats ▁Ch alin ol ob us ▁mor io ▁and ▁Ch alin ol