Exterminator requires a sample before treatment

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- September 23, 2019 at 4:16 pm #1168
  
  Calitime
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  Thank you for your resources. My local exterminator that your website referred me to and that has experience with bird mites requires that I show them a sample before they will come and treat. They’re invisible, so I’m stumped how to do it. Do you have instructions? Or can they be caught in the same way fleas can be caught ie: light hanging above a bowl of Dawn dish soap?
  Thank you for your kind help!
- October 17, 2019 at 1:08 am #1185
  
  MsWoggy
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  What I did was take a wide piece of clear tape and when I felt a bite I’d put the tape over it. I just sent mine off to the University of Georgia for analysis so we’re hoping they will find some.
- January 1, 2020 at 2:42 am #1257
  
  w1c2
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  The exterminator for my dad’s house said if we can’t seem ‘um we can’t treat ‘um. He also had bed bugs and roaches. So I opted for the heat treatment which means they bring machines and heat of every room to around 128 degrees to fry them. It seemed to destroy the mites too. But we were clearing the house out to sell so 95% of everything was pitched which eliminated items where these things could burrow. All carpet, bedding and soft furniture like couches and recliners.
  The roaches were so bad a lot of stuff was dumped regardless. Never again…But yes you can capture them with clear tape but must be fresh for testing before they decay after death. Can’t see them with naked eye, devils!
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