Archive for the ‘Bed Bugs’ Category

Spring is almost here and the phone calls are starting to come in for pest related issues. Some of the calls are reporting ants in their kitchens and spiders in their garages. This is a normal occurrence when we near spring in the Triangle.

Some of the most Common Insects/Pest that you may encounter is as follows.

1. Ants
2. Fire Ants
3. Mice
4. Spiders
5. Fleas
6. Silverfish
7. Bed bugs
8. Ticks
9. Wasp
10. Bees
11. yellow Jackets

These are the most common in the triangle area and are fairly common to find during the spring and summer in Raleigh, Apex, and Cary North Carolina. If you are having a problem with them give us a call and we will have someone at your house the same day!

Raleigh Durham Apex Chapel Hill Bed Bug Exterminator

Bed Bugs can become a very serious problem and in a short time left unchecked can get out of hand. Bedbugs are not something recommended for the do it yourself pest control homeowner. If you think you have bedbugs please call us for a quote and inspection.

Bed bugs are on the rise across the USA. If you are a traveler, BEWARE!

Reprinted By Permission, Robb Russell

Bedbugs are a nightmare and in many parts of the country have already developed an immunity to pyrethroids. I have done several motel rooms in the past and can tell you although this is a high dollar service it all comes down to being very detailed in your inspection and treatment. For example, the average motel room requires 3-4 hours of inspection and treatment.

Steamed heat works best in areas you can get away with it. Steam cleaning carpets, (especially carpet corners and edges) about every crack and crevices you can think of. Removing pictures off the wall, putting mattress covers on every “new” mattress and dismantling every piece of furniture and doing 100% coverage and treating every crevice and I mean every crevice. Neglect one area and the whole invasion thing just takes off like you never treated the place.

The adult bedbug is known to be able to go for over 6 months without feeding, and when deprived of food may live for a year and a half.(this means bring a living human host in 1/1/2 years and suddenly they found a blood meal). Eggs are deposited into hidden crevices by the female, and normally hatch within about 1 week. But, in cooler temperatures this may take a month of more.

As far as chemicals I have used Phantom, or a Eco Smart Botanical . Pesticides work very poorly on the eggs and that means physically removing every egg. Mattresses, pillows, upholstered furniture are thrown away and replaced with covers and made of Steri-Fab and vinyl upholstery (easier to treat next time); Replacing carpeted floors with tile will keep the maintenance costs down next time their is a re-infestation. Fumigating a home or building may not even kill all the eggs.

As far as equipment Tyvek suits, taped close, gloves. A tool box that includes every possible screw driver, torx, you name it; box wrenches, socket set and at least a two man team since the job involves flipping over every piece of furniture and doing detailed work.

This work is very labor intensive. Customers want guarantees and you to return for re-occurrences which can be something as simple as last nights guest bringing them with them from the nights stay at another motel. If you are thinking of doing this as a business, think it over, lots of re-inspections and follow-ups to stay ahead of the problems.

If its a home, just about every upholstered furniture can be suspect especially if someone moved from the bed to the couch to sleep because they could not handle the bed bugs in the bedroom. We got out of the bed bug business when we realized it involved dedicated crews ;but we basically did motels that were a revolving door for re-infestation. Homes on the other hand were profitable if they agreed to replacing all upholstered furniture and not stay in motels and thoroughly inspect items from guests who stayed in a motel on the way to Florida.

DDT fixed this once and now in the days of IPM and less use of pesticides as a industry this has caused a resurgence of bed bugs.

About The Author:

I have worked as a pest control technician since the mid 90’s and back in 2007 made the decision to work exclusively with vertebrate pests. Today I run Anytime Wildlife Control of North Central Florida , if you have a animal or bird problem please keep me in mind. I service all of Alachua,Bradford, Columbia,Gilchrist,Union and Suwanee Florida Counties including the towns/cities of Lake City,Fort White,Watertown, Five Points, Lake Butler, Raiford, Worthington Springs,Glen St. Mary, Macclenny, Alachua, Archer, Gainesville,Hawthorne, High Springs, LaCrosse, Micanopy, Newberry, Waldo, Jonesville, Haile Plantation, Bell, Fanning Springs, Trenton,Jasper,Jennings,White Springs,Branford, Live Oak, O’Brien, McAlpin, Wellborn, and Mayo .

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You can reach Robb by phone at 1-352–575-0121 or visit his  website. Looking for a wildlife control professional across the Untied States try our directory at http://www.findthewildlifepro.us.

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