 It roosts in caves, overhangs, disused mines, and railway tunnels.In the KwaZulu-Natal it has also been observed in damp sandstone caves, a solution cave of glacio-fluvial boulder clay, a rocky overhang over a forest stream, a rock fissure, a railway tunnel as well as from unused mine adits.The species has been assessed as least-concern by the IUCN Red List due to lack of threats to the species and its large range.