Re: Bat bug? for pco's
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07/02/13 06:19 PM
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Robb Russell
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Justin They look like bed bugs and no one out there is using magnification to to id them either. Bat bugs & bed bugs are difficult too observe any differences without magnification an comes down to whether the hair is shorter or longer then the width of their tiny eyes. http://batremovalpro.com/the-bat-removal-professionals-of-us-canada/bat-bugs-vs-bed-bugs/ Many products are rated for bed bugs. I used to use Tempo because it was considered gentle yet effective but that was in like 2005-2006. We did more steam treatments instead of chemicals on most accounts. I would ask the same PCO's what pesticides they use for bed bugs not bat bugs and why for your answer. Scientific name of the bat bug is Cimex Adjunctus of the order Hemiptera: Cimicidae
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Re: Bat bug? for pco's
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07/02/13 07:38 PM
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Robb Russell
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HD back in the 90's anything that crawled and sucked blood was killed regardless of ID. No customer wanted anything insect whatever on their property anyway. We treated and offered free retreatments. Lots of great options available today. I walk the aisles in the grocery store and cringe at all the snake oil for sale to the consumer on the grocery shelves for bed bugs. If it was only that easy. Its actually the new comer the bed bug that is really bringing more interest in the old timer the bat bug itself too. There are more professionals out there just killing all the bugs in attics then breaking out a Mallis Handbook of Pest Control. Wanna see bed bugs . Look closely at this bat [below]and you can see how small bat bugs are compared to their host the bat.
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Re: Bat Bug? For PCO's
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07/03/13 10:56 AM
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Robb Russell
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Tim has worn both hats of wildlife removal and pest control work for many years now and a wealth of information. Tim also does a lot of specialized brown recluse spider work in addition to general wildlife removal . That bat photo I shared was Tim's off of his Google+ Company Page
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Re: Bat Bug? For PCO's
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07/03/13 06:20 PM
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The Trapster
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I do bugs as well and was told at a class once that the bed bug is just an evolved bat bug so as mentioned before temprid would be my choice if they were that bad.
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Re: Bat Bug? For PCO's
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07/04/13 10:54 AM
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Ron Scheller
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What would be very interesting is what bug would hunt down and eat bat bugs . Glue boards could be used to check for bat bugs I would think There is a direct relationship between bat bugs and brown recluse spider infestations. In almost every guano clean-out of any size there will be brown recluse spiders crawling all over the walls and guano piles. No doubt they find bat bugs a fantastic food source. However, telling people to dump a bunch of recluse spiders in their home to combat the bat bugs may be a hard sell! Was in a large church attic yesterday after removing bat tubes from a spring job, and there were recluses everywhere on the guano areas. Same thing 2 days ago in a college building. At every guano mound at the ends of the peaks, you could easily see 30 to 50 recluse crawling on the walls and guano areas. I've vacuumed up hundreds during larger guano removal jobs. Removed 4000 pounds of guano from a church attic 2 years ago, and probably 1000 recluses along with it. I always tell people the bats are just a secondary worry.... the real issue is the guano, bat bugs, and spiders that are present with larger colonies. It's the little friends that you need to worry about more than the bats themselves.
Ron Scheller
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