Genus: Laportea

This picture is just about as good as you can get

Ah-ha! I see a butterfly that we get here in the UK! It's called Red Admiral here too, for interest!

Very funny Maple, I can picture that. We had a bat in the house once but the kids were grown and gone so it was no big deal. I just opened the door and turned out the lights and he quickly went out the door. We always have one roosting somewhere on the house by the chimney. The one that roosted next to the bat box was under a piece of plastic (visquine) that my husband hadn't cut yet, near the roof

Beautiful picture!
(Doc leaves are what i have always rubbed on nettle stings).

Bathouses are easy here! They are called shutters lol You have to be careful closing the shutters in as quite often you find the bats have roosted in them through the day. Nothing like a squeaking bat and yelling kids/hubby to wake you up just before bed!!

Lori, I posted a pic of one of my 'cathouses' that my husband made for me. Some people buy them. Others use a screenhouse. I do have one large bird cage that I sewed netting around and converted that into a 'cathouse' too.
Be sure you research about bat houses before you build one. They have to be right on for a bat to go in and use them. I bought one and it's not right and the bat roosed right next to it for 2 years ! The wasps eventually took over the bathouse and I took it down. I'll have to post my bat photo soon.

Yes it does Lori, they do go into Canada but I'm not sure how high up.
That's why I have my nettles in pots........I don't want to have to deal with them in the yard. Wood Nettle doesn't cause as bad of a reaction as Stinging Nettle, at least with me. I only itch for a few minutes with the Wood. I've read that if you rub fern fronds that have the spores on the back of the frond, all over the area that stings, it'll help.

Do you mean like a birdhouse? I'm building a bat house and a bee hotel.
lol. found a really interesting book about methods of enticing wildlife into your garden and part of the feature on mammals in the garden has plans for a bat house. It is not just a roost, but it is for rearing the young. After the heavy snow cover this endless winter, I expect we will have a lot of mosquitoes and black flies this May, and on through the summer, hence I'm giving shelter to bug eating birds and bats... Can't forget the amphibians in the pond, either. Brings another dimension to gardening that is really challenging for me, at least.

I will never forget my first brush with stinging nettles..lol. I'm a hand weeder...gloves are for sissies...hahaha...till I pulled a nettle. Ever after that the phrase "she was feeling somewhat nettled"...took on another dimension for me!! Perhaps I could overcome my aversion if a few of these were to visit my garden. Does their range extend into southern Canada?

Thank you for the nature lesson- my 8 year old daughter loves looking at your photos with me and learning something new every time!