Bed bugs facts
- Bed Bugs don’t just plague the poor. It is believed by many that only poor and dirty people get bed bugs. This could not be further from the truth. These bugs can be found in the wealthiest of homes and in the most prestigious hotels. Though keeping things clean can slow the spread of these bugs, it does nothing to eradicate them.
- They can be found in hotels, motels, cruise ships, forest cabins, taxis, buses, trains, planes, movie theatres and residential homes. These bugs can live any place people sleep or sit.
- Bed bugs can feed on you while you are awake. The anticoagulant that bed bugs administer into their bite holes allows them to feed on humans almost completely undetected. At night they will feed on a host several times without waking them, even on the face.
- Bed bugs are clever. Their survival instinct causes them to hide in the day when their detection could be dangerous to their nest. These bugs will hide in floorboards, picture frames, wall electrical outlets, behind wallpaper, carpets, upholstery, laptop computers and other strange places. When night comes, they sense the increase in carbon dioxide put off by sleeping humans, and come out to feed.
- They can live up to 12 months without eating.
- Bed bugs breed fast. If you think rabbits are fast, you haven’t looked at bed bug breeding statistics. These little bugs can have as many as 200 to 500 babies in a two month period, and grow to mating age in under a month.
- This is not a bug you can get rid of on your own. It requires a trained professional to find bed bugs in all the many places they hide, and experience in using the right methods to eradicate them. If you discover a bed bug popluation, get immediate assistance to stop these bugs before they can grow their populations.
- They’re not so interesting when they’re biting you fifty times a night.
Damage / Impact by Bed Bug Population / Infestation
- Bed bugs spread disease.
- They will continue to bite and will infest a whole house in no time at all if untreated.
- Bed bugs damage bedding, bed linen, bed frames, furniture, lounges, etc.
Treatment methods
- Treatment (chemical) method for bed bugs is hard and fast leaving nothing unturned with a solid integrated pest management plan in place.
How we can help?
- We use effective integrated pest management plan to control Bed bug infestation on your property.
- Step 1: Assessment / Inspection Examine your property / area of concerns to identify the extent of infestation.
- Step 2: Treatment – Once the property has been assessed, treatment options discussed and quote given, the treatment management plan will be put in place to control the infestation. Following will be (Integrated Pest Management plan) for follow up treatments and inspections.
- Step 3: Cleaning – Can assist in the clean-up process if required (additional cost apply).
- Step 4: Preventive measures – Discussion around preventive measures shall be discussed after the initial treatment but usually consist of (but not limited to) carpet cleaning, regular vacuuming, regular changing of bed linen and inspections of mattress and coverings.
Call Valley Pest Management on 0407779957 for further discussion or to arrange an onsite visit.
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