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SECURITY
PEST ELIMINATION
SERVING EASTERN MASS FOR
16
YEARS
1-800-362-2687
We Specialize in Bed
Bug Eradication...
Not Just... Bed Bug
Control
Important Treatment
Info
To
completely eliminate a bed bug infestation from a dwelling it is necessary to
treat more than just the room where people are getting bitten by bed bugs at
night. Most of the bedbugs will be in the room close to the person getting
bitten, but they can travel quite quickly across floors, walls and ceilings.
They get spread around the home when we move items such as; clothing or any
other item that might have been kept in an area with a bed bug infestation.
Thus, bed bugs are also commonly found in the laundry room and the
living room. If bed bugs in the living room find someone sleeping on the couch,
that room also will quickly become infested. Thus, the best way to
totally eliminate a bed bug infestation is to thoroughly treat the problem room
along with all surrounding areas.
Call us at 1-800-362-2687 anytime between 8:00AM and 5:00PM for any questions or
pricing information.
Security
Bedbug
Treatments
Bed Bugs
Treatment - Security Bed Bug Control
performs 2 scheduled treatments spaced about 2 weeks apart to ensure complete
bedbug removal. We then give the customer an extended warranty against any
bedbug re-infestation.
Note: With our method of eliminating bed
bugs it is not necessary to throw away your mattresses and box springs.
Post
- Bedbug Treatment Procedures
After our professional bedbug treatment, allow all treated
surfaces to completely dry before use. We recommend staying out of the unit for
around 4 plus hours. Check beds for complete dryness before replacing
sheets. Note: Bedding or linens should be dry cleaned or laundered in hot
water and dried using the "hot" setting. Also, after a bed bug
treatment it is highly recommended that you purchase a zippered
mattress and box spring bag.
Bedbugs
Are Back
In
the past decade, bed bugs have begun making a comeback across the United States.
The widespread use of baits rather than insecticide sprays for ant and cockroach
control is a factor that has been implicated in their return. Bed bugs are blood
feeders that do not feed on ant and cockroach baits. International travel and
commerce are thought to facilitate the spread of these insect hitchhikers,
because eggs, young, and adult bed bugs are readily transported in luggage,
clothing, bedding, and furniture. Bed bugs can infest airplanes, ships, trains,
and buses. Bed bugs are most frequently found in dwellings with a high rate of
occupant turnover, such as hotels, motels, hostels, dormitories, shelters,
apartment complexes, tenements, and prisons. Such infestations usually are not a
reflection of poor hygiene or bad housekeeping.
Bedbug
Distribution
Bed
bugs are fairly cosmopolitan. Cimex lectularius is most frequently found in the
northern temperate climates of North America, Europe, and Central Asia, although
it occurs sporadically in southern temperate regions. In the United
States, C. hemipterus occurs in Florida.
Bedbug
Identification
Adult
bed bugs are brown to reddish-brown, oval-shaped, flattened, and about 3/16 to
1/5 inch long. Their flat shape enables them to readily hide in cracks and
crevices. The body becomes more elongate, swollen, and dark red after a blood
meal. Bed bugs have a beaklike piercing-sucking mouthpart system. The adults
have small, stubby, nonfunctional wing pads. Newly hatched nymphs are nearly
colorless, becoming brownish as they mature. Nymphs have the general appearance
of adults. Eggs are white and about 1/32 inch long.
Note: Bed bugs superficially resemble a number of closely related insects, such
as bat bugs (Cimex adjunctus). A microscope is needed to examine the insect for
distinguishing characteristics, which often requires the skills of an
entomologist. In some states, such as Ohio, bat bugs are far more common than
bed bugs. Bat bugs prefer bats, but if the host animals are removed and the bat
bugs are left untreated, they will seek out a human host. If you live in or
visit a building with a bat infestation or recently corrected bat problem, this
could be a possible source of bites.
Bedbug
Life Cycle
Female
bed bugs lay from one to twelve eggs per day, and the eggs are deposited on
rough surfaces or in crack and crevices. The eggs are coated with a sticky
substance so they adhere to the substrate. Eggs hatch in 6 to 17 days, and
nymphs can immediately begin to feed. They require a blood meal in order to
molt. Bed bugs reach maturity after five molts. Developmental time (egg to
adult) is affected by temperature and takes about 21 days at 86° F to 120 days
at 65° F. Bed bugs can go without feeding for 80 to 140 days; older
stages can survive longer without feeding than younger ones. Adults have
survived without food for as long as 550 days. A bed bug can take six times its
weight in blood and feeding can take 3 to 10 minutes. Adults live about 10-14
months and there can be 3 to 4 generations of bed bugs per year.
Bedbug
Habits
Bed
bugs are fast moving insects that are nocturnal blood-feeders. They feed mostly
at night when their host is asleep. After using their sharp beak to pierce the
skin of a host, they inject a salivary fluid containing an anticoagulant that
helps them obtain blood. Nymphs may become engorged with blood within three
minutes, whereas a full-grown bed bug usually feeds for ten to fifteen minutes.
They become elongated after a blood meal. They then crawl away to a hiding place
to digest the meal. The sole source of food is the blood meal they take at night
from humans or bats during the day. When hungry, bed bugs again search for a
host. Bed
bugs hide during the day in dark, protected sites. They seem to prefer fabric,
wood, and paper surfaces. They usually occur in fairly close proximity to the
host, although they can travel far distances. Bed bugs initially can be found
about tufts, seams, and folds of mattresses, later spreading to crevices in the
bedstead. In heavier infestations, they also may occupy hiding places farther
from the bed. They may hide in window or doorframes, electrical boxes, floor
cracks, baseboards, furniture, and under the tack board of wall-to-wall
carpeting. Bed bugs often crawl upward to hide in pictures, wall hangings,
drapery pleats, loosened wallpaper, cracks in plaster, and ceiling moldings.
Bed
Bug Bites
Getting
night bug bites in bed is usually the first sign of a bed bug infestation. The
bite is painless. The salivary fluid injected by bed bugs typically causes the
skin to become irritated and inflamed, although individuals can differ in their
sensitivity. A small, hard, swollen, white welt may develop at the site of each
bite. Many people develop a red bump around the bite area. This is
accompanied by severe itching that lasts for several hours to days. Scratching
may cause the welts to become infected. The amount of blood loss due to bed bug
feeding typically does not adversely affect the host.
Rows of three or so welts on exposed skin are characteristic signs of bed bugs.
Welts do not have a red spot in the center such, as is characteristic of
fleabites. Bedbugs bite the host most commonly around the waist while in bed
sleeping. However, bites may occur on exposed skin such as arms and legs. Some
individuals respond to bed bug infestations with anxiety, stress, and insomnia.
Bed bugs are not known to transmit disease, but its affect on people is
substantial and debilitating.
Bedbug
Symptoms
A
bed bug infestation can be recognized by bloodstains from crushed bugs or by
rusty (sometimes dark) spots of excrement on sheets and mattresses, bedclothes,
and walls. Fecal spots, eggshells, and shed skins may be found in the vicinity
of their hiding places. An offensive, sweet, musty odor from their scent glands
may be detected when bed bug infestations are severe.
Bed
Bug Control Measures
A
critical first step is to correctly identify the blood-feeding pest, as this
determines which management tactics to adopt that take into account
specific bug biology and habits. For example, if the blood-feeder is a bat bug
rather than a bed bug, a different management approach is needed.
Control
of bed bugs is best achieved by following an integrated pest management (IPM)
approach that involves multiple tactics, such as preventive measures,
sanitation, and chemicals applied to targeted sites. Once the bedbugs have
spread, infestations are best handled by a licensed pest management
professional.
Bedbug
Prevention
Do
not bring infested items into one's home. It is important to carefully inspect
clothing and baggage of travelers, being on the lookout for bed bugs and their
telltale fecal spots. Also, inspect secondhand beds, bedding, and furniture.
Repair or screen openings to exclude birds, bats, and rodents that can serve as
alternate hosts for bed bugs.
Note:
Bed bugs that live on or around, other animals found near the home (mice,
rats, raccoons, birds, rabbits etc.) may feed on humans if their primary hosts
are removed.
Bedbug
Inspection
A
thorough inspection of the premises to locate bed bugs and their harborage sites
is necessary so that cleaning efforts and insecticide treatments can be focused.
Inspection efforts should concentrate on the mattress, box springs, and bed
frame, as well as crack and crevices that the bed bugs may hide in during the
day or when digesting a blood meal. The latter sites include window and door
frames, floor cracks, carpet tack boards, baseboards, electrical boxes,
furniture, pictures, wall hangings, drapery pleats, loosened wallpaper, cracks
in plaster, and ceiling moldings. Determine whether bats are in the attic, or
if there are rodents nesting on or near the house. Bats frequently have bat
bugs feeding on them while they are sleeping during the day. Bats bugs look very
similar to bed bugs and will feed on humans as well as bats.
In hotels, apartments, and other multiple-type dwellings, it is advisable to
also inspect adjoining units since bed bugs can travel some distance.
Bed
Bug Sanitation
Discarding
the mattress is another option, although a new mattress can quickly become
infested if bed bugs are still on the premises. Steam cleaning of mattresses
generally is not recommended because it is difficult to get rid of excess
moisture, which can lead to problems with mold, mildew, house dust mites, etc.
In dealing with an infested sofa, love seat or upholstered chair, disposal may
be necessary since it is difficult to get treatment into the deepest
crevices of the furniture where the wood frame may provide harborage for
bedbugs. In cases where the population of bedbugs is high, treatment of
adjacent rooms may be necessary. Closets in bedrooms may require treatment and
the contents will need to be washed and dried as
needed. Repair cracks in plaster and glue down
loosened wallpaper to eliminate bed bug harborage sites. Remove and destroy wild
animal roosts and nests when possible.
Bed
Bug Trapping
Sticky
traps or glue boards may be used to capture some stray bed bugs that wander
about. However, this is not to be considered a bed bugs treatment. Trapping is
probably the least successful method on how to get rid of bed bugs.
If
you wish to contact us by e-mail or phone please contact us at:
Call:
617-621-9922 (617 Area)
781-272-6002 (781 Area)
508-877-1122 (508 Area)
978-452-6600 (978 Area)
800-362-2687
Email: joe.spest@comcast.net
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