Bat bugs are easily mistaken for bed bugs yes. JTV
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On Jul 27, 2020, at 8:32 AM, 'Ritchie, Fran E' via MuseumPests
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Hello everyone!
I received an email seeking advice on a product used to kill bed bugs –
Aprehend<https://www.aprehend.com/treatment/>, a “natural biopesticide composed
of Beauveria bassiana fungal spores”
Here’s what the person described:
Bed bugs have been found in traps in the collections storage room (it’s a
standard office-size space with a locking door). A plan has been approved to
use a product called Aprehend in the collections room. The manager says it gets
applied via a pump spray bottle, and they would spot apply along the floor and
baseboards. The door to the collections room would need to be left open to
ventilate the room after application. I have recommended that they only leave
the door open while staff are in the building, but that the room gets closed
again at night.
I’m wondering if a) are there any milder pesticides that could be applied first
(albeit, time is of the essence with bed bugs), and b) if the Aprehend is used,
will it be detrimental to the collection in any way?
There are rarely people in the collections room (no curatorial staff at the
park), so it’s curious how the bugs got in there in the first place. The park
has bats in the roof, and is wondering if they could be the vectors of the
pests.
Does anyone have any experience using this product, or any thoughts on whether
it would be detrimental, if applied in the way that is described?
Thank you!
Fran
Fran Ritchie
Objects Conservator
National Park Service
Harpers Ferry Center
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