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Bats

Bats are beneficial mammals. They eat insects, pollinate plants and are an important part of the natural environment. Occasionally bats and humans come into conflict when bats choose to live in and around human homes. Bats can be infected with rabies and should never be touched.

**If you think that you or someone in your care has been bitten by a bat or been in contact with a bat, call the Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) immediately at 800-821-5821.**

Companies in Maine that do bat proofing

 

 

Some bats found in Maine:

little brown bat big brown bat Indiana bat
Little brown bat—Myotis lucifigus Big brown bat—Eptesicus fuscus Indiana bat—Myotis sodalis

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Help Getting Rid of Bats

Check the Yellow Pages.

There are a number of companies and individuals in Maine who do bat proofing work. Several of these are listed below. The Maine Board of Pesticides Control does not recommend these above any others. They responded to a letter asking if they wanted to be listed. Others wanting to be listed should contact the Board. (updated March 2011)

 
Company Name Address Phone Number Email/Web Page Area Served
Advantage Pest Control, Inc

PO Box 6335

Scarborough 04070

888-737-2979

207-774-0457

richard@

advantagepestcontrol.biz

advantagepestcontrol.biz

 Statewide
Animal Damage Control   866-926-9363  

York, Cumberland, Oxford, Androscoggin, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Kennebec

Atlantic Pest Solutions

PO Box F

Kennebunkport 04046

800-439-7716

info@atlanticpestsolutions.net

atlanticpestsolutions.net

 Statewide
Benson Pest Managment

PO Box 521

Milford 04461

207-827-4961

207-478-2362

 pbktim@aol.com Bangor, Ellsworth area, Lincoln area
Bug Busterzzz

791 Main St.

Vassalboro 04989

207-649-1596   Statewide
Colonial Pest Control, Inc.

155 Fleet St.

Portsmouth, NH 03801

603-436-6000

800-525-8084

 www.colonialpest.com York County
Critter Catcher  

207-594-2112

 www.crittercatcher.org

Knox, Lincoln, Kennebec, Waldo counties and the islands off the Mid-Maine coast

Dependable Pest Solutions Rochester NH 603-436-1181 Buglady@metrocast.net

Cape Neddick, York, Berwicks, Kittery, Eliot, Lebanon

Liberty Pest Control

147 Goodwins Mills Rd

Lyman, 04002

207-499-2847 info@liberty-pest-control.com York and Cumberland Counties

Maine Bat Control, llc

Rangeley

 

 207-491-6961 mainebat.com Statewide
Maine Pest & Turf Corporation

PO Box 1003

Naples 04055

 207-693-6131 mainepestandturf@fairpoint.net Statewide
Maine Wildlife Exclusion Services

Winterport

 207-852-2559  

Waldo, Hancock, Penobscot counties and surrounding areas

Modern Pest Services Wildlife Control

100 Pleasant St

Brunswick 04011

207-721-0167

info@modernpest.com

 Statewide
Pest Pro Exterminating Co., Inc.

112 Mt. Vista Dr.

Sidney 04330

888-677-5656

207-242-9014

pestpro@roadrunner.com

www.pestproeci.com

 Central and Southern Maine
Pestco of Maine

2175 Union St

Hermon 04401

 

 207-848-2799

info@pestcomaine.com

www.pestcomaine.com

 Statewide

 

 

 

[Photos, left to right: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Don Pfitzer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]

 
It is the policy of the State of Maine to minimize reliance on pesticides. The Maine Department of Agriculture and the Maine IPM Council encourage everyone to practice integrated pest management and to use pesticides only as a last resort. The mention of pesticides in the fact sheets linked to these pages does not imply an endorsement of any product. Be sure that any product used is currently registered and follow all label directions.