Durham’s Longest Standing Bat Control & Exclusion Company (919) 661-0722

Since 1990, Triangle Wildlife Removal & Pest Control Inc. has offered pest management services and humane animal control to Raleigh and surrounding areas. We are hardworking and dedicated to humane wildlife expulsion and pest control problems. We use the most advanced techniques available to handle residential and commercial pest matters safely, effectively and humanely.

Durham Bat Removal Services

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Nuisance Bat Control In Durham North Carolina

Triangle Wildlife & Pest Control, Inc.
1913 Lost Cove Ln
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 661-0722

Licensed Removal Professionals

Looking for Durham bat removal services? Bats are winged mammals that are in the order Chiroptera. They are very beneficial animals despite many needs for bat control. This usually is due to feces or bat guano accumulation from infestations. These organisms in the attic cannot be relocated during their maternity season. A single bat can consume 1000 insects an hour so humane critter control should always be done if controlling them is your goal. A trap is never recommended as it is illegal to hire bat exterminator services, which are usually offered by pest control companies. They cannot be killed.

At Triangle Wildlife Removal we do not kill or exterminate them. They are active at night during the spring, summer, and fall. Around central North Carolina such as Chapel Hill, and Durham, they will be active in the winter on mild or warm evenings but will quickly retreat to hibernation during extreme cold. Many people put up houses in order to keep them near their properties in hopes to avoid animal extermination. The most common species in the Triangle area are big browns, little browns, and Brazilian free-tailed. These flying mammals are normally found in houses in gable vents, between chimneys and flashing and behind shutters.

The sight of droppings is usually a key indicator that you’ll need a professional along with cleanup for their droppings. They are frequently found in older concrete and brick commercial buildings high around the roofline where settling has occurred. The normal signs that are seen are rub marks at entry points, rustling, and chirping in voids, large accumulations of droppings (guano) and the odors and organisms associated with the colonies.

North Carolina Bat Species

Big Brown (Eptesicus fuscus)
Tri-colored (Perimyotis subflavus)
Eastern Red (Lasiurus borealis)
Eastern Small-footed Myotis (Myotis leibii)
Evening (Nycticeius humeralis)
Gray Myotis (Myotis grisescens)
Hoary (Lasiurus cinereus)
Indiana Myotis (Myotis sodalis)
Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)
Mexican Free-tailed (Tadarida brasiliensis)
Northern Long-eared Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis)
Northern Yellow (Lasiurus intermedius)
Rafinesque’s Big-eared (Corynorhinus rafinesquii)
Seminole (Lasiurus seminolus)
Silver-haired (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
Southeastern Myotis (Myotis austroriparius)
Virginia Big-eared (Corynorhinus townsendii)

Bat Exclusion Process

All bats have state and federal protection, even infestations that have caused a nuisance wildlife emergency. The females comprise the maternal colonies. They will typically have one set of twins during the end of May through the month of June. At this time, a transfer is prohibited by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The “blackout period” for maternity season is from May 1 through July 31 for the entire state. The juvenile ones, both little browns and big browns, are volant in about three weeks (flying).

The exclusion can then be started for control. They are not trapped but excluded from a roost. They are easy to transfer but the difficulty is sealing all entrances, which is also called animal exclusion, larger than 3/8″ on the structure. They are very persistent and will search all available penetrations around a roof area for a new entry. These entries can usually be found by grease marks or feces. Gable vents, soffits, and gaps are the most common areas when dealing with these infestations.

Houses may need to be caulked in the following places:

Between window drip caps (tops of windows) and siding
Between door drip caps and siding
At joints between window frames and siding
At joints between door frames and siding
Between window sills and siding
At corners formed by siding
At sills where wood structure meets the foundation
Outside water faucets, or other special breaks in the outside house surface
Where pipes and wires penetrate the ceiling below an unheated attic
Between porches and the main body of the house
Where chimney or masonry meets siding
Where storm windows meet the window frame
Where the wall meets the eve at the gable ends the attic
Where wall meets the eves anywhere on the structure. Source

Bat Prevention

Our company is very skilled and methodical in exclusion, prevention, clean up and disinfecting of structures due to their activity. We will also mount and install bat houses, if needed, in order to keep roosts available nearby. The professionals at Triangle Wildlife will start by inspecting the area for signs of an infestation. Some signs include chirping sounds, brown and black stains near re-entry points and droppings or guano near places like attic vents. After assessing the situation, our experts will decide how to treat your specific situation. This may include exclusion as well as teaching home and business owners how to prevent further incidents. Our wildlife technicians are highly skilled in safely moving these animals from your home, cleaning up their mess and sealing entry points. With over 25 years of animal control experience, Triangle knows how to get them out and keep them out.

What is white-nose syndrome?

White-nose syndrome is a disease affecting hibernating bats. Named for the white fungus that appears on the muzzle and other parts of hibernating bats, WNS is associated with extensive mortality of bats in eastern North America. First documented in New York in the winter of 2006-2007, WNS has spread rapidly across the eastern United States and Canada, and the fungus that causes WNS has been detected as far south as Mississippi and as far west as the state of Washington. Bats with WNS act strangely during cold winter months, including flying outside in the day and clustering near the entrances of hibernacula (caves and mines where they hibernate). They have been found sick and dying in unprecedented numbers in and around caves and mines. WNS has killed more than 5.7 million bats in eastern North America. In some hibernacula, 90 to 100 percent of bats have died. Source

What Durham widlife control professionals do

We do humanely trap and release of wildlife. The time using this company is worth it especially if you want it done with humanely trap and release of wildlife. We also trap and release flying critters. We are respectful and polite. We are business owners who believe in safely removing wild animals whether it’s an attic cleanup or bats in the attic. The lost cove In North Carolina is one of the areas where there’s a huge infestation of wild animals. The trap and release of flying critters are very effective in this place as well as humanely trap and release or wild animals. Your time using this company is well compensated especially because our team is respectful and polite. We trap and release flying squirrels. Like other pest and bat control companies, we are fond of safely removing flying squirrels. The time was yesterday and an hour Justin called for a company for critters. He called about mice and asked about a company of critters.

Durham Bat Control and Removal

We offer removal of North Carolina wildlife may it be bats in the attic, snake removal, critter control and related services. We remove any North Carolina bats or wildlife. We can remove any bat species in North Carolina in the most humane way possible. No bat exterminator can build bat houses to get rid of these poor creatures. As bat removal professionals, we’ll do whatever it takes to not exterminate bats, but to rid of them in your house and find a place where they can roost at peace without bothering anyone. We not just bat removal, but removal exclusion of North Carolina wildlife, and North Carolina bats in Cary, NC, Garner NC, Chapel Hill NC, Apex NC and its neighboring cities.

We offer services in nuisance critters removal in Durham. Bats are the only mammals that can really fly. They usually feed on fruits and insects. Areas on the house that usually have these are places that are dark. Attics or basements that are usually unnoticed are what these nuisance critters look for when looking for a place to stay. Bats usually supply people with some benefits but come with a cost that is a threat sometimes. Bat droppings have been excavated as guano from caves to be used as fertilizer. Bats consume insects, which eventually will reduce people from using pesticides anymore. Which also reduces the risk of being influenced by these chemicals that are both harmful to humans and animals. Some places in the world consider these animals as delicacies especially in the continent of Asia. When bats are located in an area where they are abundant they sometimes attract tourists to this location. They carry different diseases, such as rabies and they can easily spread disease. Some cultures consider bats highly and even worshipped as some kind of god or savior. When these bats start invading your homes you will think twice about it though. Bats are considered as one of the many vermins that like to intrude people’s homes. Not only will it cause damage to houses, but will also cause some physical and emotional pain. People are stressed when these nuisance animals are left alone. They will look for entrances into any house or building that has traces of what they like for as their home. Usually, they look for places that are dark, secluded or fewer people that are living in. Bats are nocturnal creatures. They are very active during the night. This will cause the residents of the house to be disturbed when they hear the squeaking and scratching the vermins do during the night. When you find yourself in this kind of situation, call a professional removal expert as soon as possible. They will colonize the area where they reside if you will do anything to expel the vermin. Our professionals are licensed and insured. We can assure you that that nuisance vermin will be gone in no time. There are various ways to do before removing this vermin. The resident that is being infested should first block their entry points. This is to prevent the bats from entering again if they ever escape. When dealing with these creatures one should always be careful. Bats are known to carry various infectious diseases. One of them is rabies. Without the proper equipment, the person handling the expulsion might get scratched or even bitten. Wearing any protective gear should prove to be effective in removing these nuisance critters.

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