Exterminator And Pest Expert Debunk 15 Pest Myths | Debunked

Entomologists Jim Skinner and Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann debunk 15 myths about pests. They talk about the real reason people get mosquito bites, how resilient cockroaches are, and the best way to catch mice. They also debunk the myth that all ticks will give you Lyme disease. In fact, only the black-legged tick (aka the deer tick) can give you Lyme disease, and usually only if it feeds on you for more than 24 hours.

0:00 Intro
0:49 All mosquitoes bite
1:15 Mosquitoes keep biting you because you're sweet
2:04 Head lice jump from one person to another
3:12 Mice are the same as rats
4:06 Having cats will keep mice away
4:53 Cheese is the most effective lure for mice
5:27 A cockroach needs its head to survive
6:37 You can't see a bedbug with your naked eye
7:10 You have ants because your house isn't clean
8:11 You can feel a tick bite when it happens
9:08 All ticks will give you Lyme disease
10:26 We swallow spiders in our sleep
10:48 Natural oils like peppermint and spearmint will keep bugs away
11:19 Getting rid of flowers will keep wasps away
12:04 Concrete slab homes are termite proof

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Exterminator And Pest Expert Debunk 15 Pest Myths | Debunked

[Kamopop]

The "average person eats 3 spiders a year" factoid actually just statistical error. The average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10, 000 each day, is an outlier and should not have been counted

[evilsharkey]

My parents had a cat who would go down to the chicken coop (in the basement of a former granary) and take a rat a day. She would flip them over and grab them by the throat and then take them away. When she got a little older, she would sometimes have to wrestle them a bit, but she still usually claimed her prize. Eventually, she passed away, and my parents accidentally discovered an amazing rat trap. The chicken feed was kept in a deep cardboard barrel with a metal rim and a close fitting metal lid, so no edges to chew through. One day, Dad forgot to put the lid on when it was about half full. In the morning, it was filled with rats that greedily jumped in and couldn’t jump back out. It was at least two rats deep. My mom stopped counting at 50. They dumped them in a particular middle of nowhere, away from human structures. I’m sure the local coyotes and hawks were delighted!

[edwardneal]

As a certified applicator in the state of Texas for 30 years, thank you for this video. My two biggest tools have always been, education and sanitation.

[toosweet]

I love the respect and chemistry you and him have.

[thomasfplm]

One more reason to avoid having cockroachs, at least in Brazil, is that scorpions hunt them, so if there are cockroachs were you live, it increases the chance of scorpions appearing too and sting someone.

In my city, we had to close a municipal park because ticks were transmitting a relatively dangerous disease (in Portuguese it is called "febre maculosa" if I'm not mistaken).

[Codvideoprojects]

I felt a tickbite once. I was walking in a state park, felt something pinch my arm, looked down and saw a black bug. I knocked it off and didn't think more of it. Until a few days later when I developed the 'bullseye' pattern. Since I knew the tick had only been on me for a few seconds, I asumed it was an allergic reaction instead of lyme disease (As my internet research indicated was the only other cause of the bullseye). The ring faded and I had no other symptoms, so I guess I was right.

[lhmcd]

In Australia we have venomous ticks. We are told to freeze ticks off with wart off as you don’t want to have the head embedded in the skin.

[PuppyLuv]

My cat watched a mouse go by and went back to sleep. He couldn't have cared less. My Saturday morning cartoons lied to me 😆

[Twirlyhead]

Tick removal by covering their backs with petroleum jelly to smother them (as they breathe through their backs) is a technique which lessens the chance of infection from bits of pulled off ticks being left in your skin. They drop off.

[speedbully_]

Hmm. I've been bitten by ticks multiple times and I've felt every one of them in some sort of way. They tickle when they crawl on you, the bite itches and quite often the bite is painful because they prefer sensitive areas were the skin is thin.

[gelflingfart]

My cat (indoor only) is an incredible mouser, and our home still experienced a mouse infestation this past winter. She killed dozens of them (and showed each and every single one to me), but she certainly didn't keep them from sticking around.

[hillarypeterson]

As an IPM entomologist, this coming across my feed made my day!! Love it :)

[peterjf]

I used to have a cat that was a skilled hunter, he would leave the rats he killed by the back door. He would eat mice but just killed rats. I gather that to be good at dealing with rats the cat has to learn from other more experienced cats. My cat came from a farm, so likely had experience with rats.

[specialbudgies]

My dad is allergic to cats, so any cat we rescue remains an outdoor cats unless he's away on a long business trip. Once a kitten was abandoned in our yard. We brought it in, fed and took him to the vet, then we let him come and go. He was still half the size of an adult cat when he murdered about three mice. We didn't even know we had mice until he killed them. We calle pest control and they found the nest, but it was empty, with only dead babies that had starved inside. Panzer had killed all the adults. Now he can even catch pigeons flying low. We try and keep him occupied so he doesn't get parasites by wild animals, but apparently he's a born hunter...

[cerouluxray]

This year, I dealt with bedbugs. Whoever said you can't see them needs their eyes checked.

[solaralloyd]

Although not scientifically backed I have a mouse control method that has always worked for me.
I live in a rural area and have fields on multiple sides of me. My neighbors used to always complain of mice in the fall and winter.
I keep snakes as pets. When they shed their skin I cut it into pieces and spread it around the foundation of my house. I have never had a mouse problem. I gave my neighbors some sheds and told them about it. They tried it and told me it cut down on their mouse problems. Has anyone else tried this? I have some thoughts on why it would work but like I said this is purely personal experience and not scientific.

[jonnohz]

WOW what a GREAT education. I am almost 70 years old and I did not know ANY of this! THANK YOU!

[Daniel-fijp]

5:00 the fact that he considers allergies is a show of excellence in his profession. I hope I never require his services but if needed a professional like him would be my first choice!

[timconger]

Yes you can... The only time I had a tick on me I knew it because of the extremely odd feeling it gave off... It felt just like something digging into me, like it was separating my skin .. Luckily I flicked it off immediately ... One of the weirdest creatures that tried getting into me

[noobnoob]

Happy to see Mr. Bates is now a business man after attending Lord Grantham for so long.