The buffy flower bat is considered unusual in that a similar number of males and females roost together.

In June, they give birth to litters of only one pup at a time, whom they breast feed until the end of August.

Based on fecal droppings, it was found that 50% of the bats tested had eaten all three in a single night while the remaining ate only two of the three types of food.

[6] The buffy flower bat is a primary host to a mite (Periglischrus cubanus), from the subclass Acari and the family Spinturnicidae.

This is done by the parasite unlatching via hooks from the mother's wing membrane and falling onto the baby where it will latch on and feed off of its blood.