Sage-Tips

How do you treat a severe bed bug infestation?

Bedbug Treatments

1. Clean bedding, linens, curtains, and clothing in hot water and dry them on the highest dryer setting.
2. Use a stiff brush to scrub mattress seams to remove bedbugs and their eggs before vacuuming.
3. Vacuum your bed and surrounding area frequently.

How long does a bed bug infestation last?

Generally it takes at least seven weeks for a bed bug to grow from an egg to an adult, so there should be no new adults from eggs during that period. Therefore, if many adult bugs are present one can reasonably assume that the infestation has been there for more than seven weeks.

When should I be concerned about bed bugs?

There’s especially cause for concern if there are any female bed bugs—if one is pregnant, it will start laying eggs rapidly and then reproduce with its offspring. A single female can lay 500 eggs in her lifetime. If you spot even a couple bed bugs, it’s best to call a professional pest control company.

What do professionals use to treat bed bugs?

Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids: Pyrethrins and pyrethroids are the most common compounds used to control bed bugs and other indoor pests. Pyrethrins are botanical insecticides derived from chrysanthemum flowers. Pyrethroids are synthetic chemical insecticides that act like pyrethrins.

Why do I still have bed bugs after treatment?

Bed bugs may have lived through the treatment or were not quite dead (“walking dead”). It is possible that during the application the bugs were not exposed to enough chemical or heat, causing the customer to find them 7 to 10 days after the treatment was completed.

What you should know about bed bugs?

dark,reddish brown stains

black droppings

cast off skins from nymphs

live or dead bed bugs.

How can you tell if you have bed bugs?

Bed bugs are reddish-brown,flat and seed-shaped.

Fleas are also reddish-brown but have a more oval shape that appears skinnier and longer,rather than flatter.

Bed bugs are nocturnal,and if you do see them,they are likely to be digesting meals on the piping of your mattress,in and around the bed frame or

What can bite you in bed Besides a bed bug?

Mosquitoes. Most types of mosquitoes prefer to feed at dawn and dusk,but some types bite at night.

Bat Bugs. Bat bugs are similar to bedbugs,but they only live where colonies of bats are found.

Mites. Mites that live on birds and rodents that nest in the building sometimes bite humans at night.

Fleas.

Bedbugs.

How to tell if you have bed bugs?

bites – often on areas exposed while sleeping,like the face,neck and arms

spots of blood on your bedding – from the bites or from squashing a bedbug

small brown spots on bedding or furniture (bedbug poo)