Bats Carry Bed Bugs

So Can Cats Carry Bed Bugs.

Bats carry bed bugs. Bats can also harbor parasites that can be harmful to humans as well. Some species of bed bugs are parasites of bats and birds and may bite people if the wild hosts are no longer available or if a bat or bird is roosting or nesting nearby. Call a qualified exterminator to get an inspection done.

The name bat is because they reproduce and live around the bat nests. The usual signs include itching red bumps and bites and actual minuscule bugs in your linens and bed sheets. The favorite host for bed bugs is a human being.

Big brown bats living with bat bugs carry the bat bugs around with them kind of like a dog with fleas. The bed bug is a notorious species and is the only member of this insect family in Colorado that is adapted to living entirely with humans. Its head is pointed upward.

Animals can carry bed bugs as easy as any other pest. Bats can carry and transmit parasites like lice ticks and of course bat mites. It is more likely that bed bugs found their way into your home on linens suitcases briefcases backpacks or used mattresses.

Bed bugs dont live on their hosts and they dont like fur so its very unlikely that your cat is the one who carried bed bugs into the house. The human bed bug bat bug and related species of the family Cimicidae are blood sucking insects that feed on birds and or mammals. If bats are suspected and a buildings tenants are itching or youve already employed a pest control service but still have bugs take these steps in order to assure your bat mite problem is solved.

To be clear the bat bug is the orangebrownish insect on the biggest bats wing. Most bats carry these mites so if you discover them you can safely assume there are bats living somewhere in your home as well. These little insects do carry harmful pathogens on their bodies which can get on areas that they move around on like your couch mattress or any other piece of furniture.