Subject: A bit of a quandary (controlling mosquitoes and infecting kids)
Date: Apr 17 13:06:16 2004
From: Ron McCluskey - rmcclsky at mindspring.com


I've never heard of a bat, other than vampire bats in South America, biting
> a person that didn't try to handle them. I imagine that if you handled a
> baby bat you could get bit by the mother too.
>
Stewart,

One of the people I saw was a youngster who felt something land on him. He
had his hand raised at the time and the bat landed on his chest under his
arm. He brought his arm down and inadvertently trapped the bat.

I don't recall the details of the other bite. But, it was in an adult.

As far as damselfly larvae. The only way I know that would make a big
difference would be if you could find a commercial supplier of large numbers
of them. I'm talking about hundreds of ponds here.

My other big nature interest is in coleoptera, so I'm not against using
bugs. :')

Thanks,
Ron McCluskey
Cheney, WA