Bat bugs are blood sucking insects that feed on bats. Bat bugs are very similar to bed bugs. As a matter of fact, it is thought that bed bugs descended from bat bugs. Even though bat bugs prefer the bat as their host, if the bats leave the area, they have no problem moving on to human hosts. Bat bugs are not uncommon in the United States as well as most other parts of the world. Many people who have seen them, mistake them for bed bugs. The only difference in the appearance o

Bats and Rabies - How to Avoid Exposure Many people think that all bats have rabies. That is not so. Sometimes a bat may carry rabies and not be infected with the disease. Sometimes bats do in fact have the disease. Perhaps we can attribute the myth that all bats are infected with rabies to the fact that an infected bat moves slower and is easier to come in contact with than a healthy bat. Therefore many of the bats that have human contact either have the disease or carry the