Keep the Bed Bugs Out of Your Home!
Have you got bed bugs crawling inside your house? If you need to exterminate bed bugs, we can help. Our pest control specialists can take care of all your bed bug problems.
About Bed Bugs
Bed bugs are visible to the naked eye. They live in the cracks and crevices of mattresses and headboards. They also live behind curtain boards, in plug sockets and any other little gap where they can hide until feeding time. To identify a bed bug infestation, check around the edges of the mattress, the buttons, springs and the headboard for black marks. These are the bed bugs’ droppings. Often the first indication of bed bugs is blood spots on sheets followed by itching. Bed bugs appear at night to feed on whoever is in the bed, and their bites cause irritation and distress. Scratching the bites can lead to secondary infection. By the time people realise there is a problem, it will be quite bad. Bed bugs are small insects that feed on human blood and are most active at times during the night when we are in our deepest sleep. A single adult bed bug can live for up to a year without feeding as they go into a dormant state. Once feeding regularly, a female bed bug will lay up to 500 eggs in a couple of months. Bed bugs are transported from infested areas when they cling onto clothing, or crawl into luggage, furniture or bedding. Temperatures below 25 degrees F will freeze and kill bed bugs. Bed bugs are exceptionally difficult to get rid of because they hide so well and don’t need to feed very often.
About Bed Bugs
Bed bugs are visible to the naked eye. They live in the cracks and crevices of mattresses and headboards. They also live behind curtain boards, in plug sockets and any other little gap where they can hide until feeding time. To identify a bed bug infestation, check around the edges of the mattress, the buttons, springs and the headboard for black marks. These are the bed bugs’ droppings. Often the first indication of bed bugs is blood spots on sheets followed by itching. Bed bugs appear at night to feed on whoever is in the bed, and their bites cause irritation and distress. Scratching the bites can lead to secondary infection. By the time people realise there is a problem, it will be quite bad. Bed bugs are small insects that feed on human blood and are most active at times during the night when we are in our deepest sleep. A single adult bed bug can live for up to a year without feeding as they go into a dormant state. Once feeding regularly, a female bed bug will lay up to 500 eggs in a couple of months. Bed bugs are transported from infested areas when they cling onto clothing, or crawl into luggage, furniture or bedding. Temperatures below 25 degrees F will freeze and kill bed bugs. Bed bugs are exceptionally difficult to get rid of because they hide so well and don’t need to feed very often.
Both male and female suck the blood and are equally important as a pest. Incomplete metamorphosis occur in bed bug.
Female lays about 2 – 3 eggs a day in the same places where the bugs hide. The eggs are yellowish white in color about 1 mm long. Some 300 eggs can be found in cracks and crevices of buildings and furnitures. The eggs usually hatch after 8-11 days.
The newly hatched bed bug is pale yellow in color and resemble as adult but is much smaller in size. There are 5 nymphal instars. This period commonly last for 5-8 weeks.
Adult bed bug can live 6 – 9 months without food. Bed bug can withstand a long period of starvation up to 500 days. Under laboratory conditions adult may live up to 4 years.
Both male and female suck the blood and are equally important as a pest. Incomplete metamorphosis occur in bed bug.
Female lays about 2 – 3 eggs a day in the same places where the bugs hide. The eggs are yellowish white in color about 1 mm long. Some 300 eggs can be found in cracks and crevices of buildings and furnitures. The eggs usually hatch after 8-11 days.
The newly hatched bed bug is pale yellow in color and resemble as adult but is much smaller in size. There are 5 nymphal instars. This period commonly last for 5-8 weeks.
Adult bed bug can live 6 – 9 months without food. Bed bug can withstand a long period of starvation up to 500 days. Under laboratory conditions adult may live up to 4 years.
INSPECTION
When Pt Pest Control services your bed bug infestation, we approach it in a way that ensures the quickest possible results. We understand each home is unique and our professionally trained pest control technicians will conduct a thorough inspection of your home, identifying any signs of bed bug activity and potential entry points, taking the time to understand your individual needs. At the end of the inspection, your pest control professional will develop a customized plan to address your specific bed bug problem.
INSPECTION
When Pt Pest Control services your bed bug infestation, we approach it in a way that ensures the quickest possible results. We understand each home is unique and our professionally trained pest control technicians will conduct a thorough inspection of your home, identifying any signs of bed bug activity and potential entry points, taking the time to understand your individual needs. At the end of the inspection, your pest control professional will develop a customized plan to address your specific bed bug problem.