BED BUGS!  Yuk!     the inside scoop

 

Appearance: 

Bed bugs are flat, reddish brown, oval

about 3/16 inches in length.

Swollen and reddish after a blood meal.

 

Habit: 

Live in cracks and crevices, mattress seams, sheets, furniture, headboards, baseboards, and electrical outlets.

 

 

Diet: 

Feed on blood.

 

Reproduction: 

Females can deposit one to five eggs a day, and may lay up to 500 eggs in a lifetime.

Under normal living conditions they can live up to 300 days.

 

 

Bed Bugs 411: What’s Eating Me?

Have you noticed little red marks on after waking in the morning?

How about little bugs crawling around on your bed?

If the answers to either or both these questions are yes, you may now be asking…

“What’s Eating Me?”

You may not like the answer, because you may have bed bugs. Bed bugs are brown to reddish-brown after a blood feeding with an oval and flattened top to bottom shape. They are about the size of an apple seed.

Bed bugs have a “stay-hidden” behavior, are active at night, and venture out to feed on your blood.

They are hearty little critters and

BED BUGS Can Live MORE Than A Year Without Eating!

Bed bugs do not result from poor sanitation or social status, but are spread as we go about our various daily concerns.

They are not limited to the bed or the bedroom, but eventually move throughout your home.

Bed bugs will crawl considerable distances to obtain a blood meal.

 

What to Look For

Bed bugs hide in small spaces, cracks, and crevices near where you lounge, rest, and sleep. They can be found behind baseboards, upholstery and in any kind of furniture. You need to check wall-hangings, night stands, stuffed furniture, floorboard cracks, behind loose wallpaper, light switches, window treatments, and door and window frames. If an infestation is heavy, bed bugs may be found in wall voids, attics, and enclosed places.

The most effective inspections are conducted by your certified pest management professional. They can see signs of a bed bug infestation without actually seeing any bed bugs. Signs of infestation include small reddish-brown fecal spots on surfaces and sometimes a very sweet odor. Bug bites may also be indicators. If you wake up each morning with bites then you may have bed bugs. If you have bites that occur at different times of the day and in various locations such as at home, in your car, or at work, it is much less likely the cause is bed bugs.

 

How Did They Get Here?

Bed bugs can enter your home inside used furniture or from a visitor who has bed bugs in their home.

Bed bugs can also stow away in suitcases, backpacks, and shoes.

Take a look at yourself and folks in your home, kids at school, workplace, church, etc. Could any of the places visited by people in your home have been the cause of someone bringing Bed Bugs into your home.

Also, what about guests who visit your home. Where have they been?

Yes, it is a horrible thought, and you used to think lice was bad. (it still is and makes us cringe too)

Bed Bugs can enter your from things you purchase at retail stores – clothing, linens, and more. YES, this is absolutely true, even though things you buy that were made in China. They travel across the ocean in their containers and packages and remember, Bed Bugs can LIVE more than a year without eating!

it does not  matter if it is Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, a Pawn Shop, Macy’s or Nieman Marcus! Bed Bugs are everywhere!

Bed bugs have not been proven to spread disease through their bites.

Not all people react the same to bed bug bites and some even have delayed reactions to the bites. Bites can appear in several rows. If you have a reaction to bites, there are generally red, itchy welts present.

An actual bed bug sighting or a sample of a bed bug or egg is needed to be certain that you have an infestation or activity. Bed bug bites or symptoms might be clues, but cannot determine certainty of bed bug presence.

 

Call in the Pros

It may be possible to reduce bed bug populations in your home, but it is virtually impossible to eliminate every bug without the services of a pest management professional.

Even if one adult female survives, your home could become re-infested.

Sleeping in a different room or vacating your home is not a solution, and can make the problem more difficult to eliminate.

There are many pests you may try and control on your own, but bed bugs should not be one of them.

Call a professional pest management company. When working with a pest management company that offers a guarantee, you should ask what the guarantee covers. Are you guaranteed complete bed bug elimination? How long is the guarantee? Most guarantees will be limited to a period of time, or if a preventative program, will be ongoing with a service agreement.

Now you have the bed bug basics, YESTERDAY is the time to get rid of what’s eating you.

Contact us today and Vista can arrange to have a professional pest control company help you.

 

 

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