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Bed bugs are stealthy creatures, slipping into homes quite easily. Then, once they get inside, they settle in hidden places, making it challenging to get rid of using DIY methods.
At this point, you don’t want the infestation to become any bigger or more entrenched in your home. So, when these pests get into your house, it’s time to contact the expert bed bug exterminator in Lehigh Acres, FL: Turner Pest Control. Our comprehensive, professional program starts with a thorough home inspection followed by a customized recommendation for professional bed bug treatments. Our well-trained team will solve the problem, ensuring that the bed bugs are truly gone for good.
Besides being stealthy, bed bugs can be pretty creative in the ways they get into homes. When people visit, avenues of entry can include their clothing, shoes, and luggage. Or, if you take a trip, they can hitch a ride with you when you return. So, inspect your suitcases carefully before going back inside, and wash clothing, towels, and linens (including pet bedding!) in hot water before putting them back into chests of drawers and closets. This can help to get rid of bed bugs and their eggs.
Here’s another route that bed bugs can take. If you shop at thrift stores, rummage sales, and so forth, the secondhand goods you buy can host unwanted visitors: bed bugs in the clothing, mattresses, furniture joints, and so forth.
Bed bugs hide so well that, many times, people aren’t even aware of their presence. That said, they may see signs of them instead of the actual insects. Signs of bed bug presence can include tiny bites on your skin, especially on your arms, legs, and backs since those are most commonly exposed to your mattress or bed linens. Dried blood drops on your sheets could be brown or red in hue. Plus, because bed bugs have an odd odor, people may notice a musty smell before seeing the other signs.
Sometimes, of course, you’ll actually see the bed bugs. They’re about the size of an apple seed and a reddish-brown color; their shape is typically flat and oval but, after feeding, they can look bloated. They often huddle in your home’s cracks and crevices, which can include your baseboards as well as furniture joints and bed frames. Other times, people find them on the undersides of their mattresses.
There are several of these problems. First, bed bugs are quite tiny. Next, they can hide in places where they’re difficult to spot or treat; so, it can be challenging to know if you’re successful in your treatments. Plus, when a home suffers from bed bug infestations, the creatures are likely in a range of life stages, from egg to adult, and what works for one life cycle may not work for another.
As a caution, some DIY bed bug treatments can increase the size of your infestation while others can create health risks for your family. According to the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, these include off-label pesticides or foggers; employing heat, DIY; and creating your own mixtures.
Thermal Remediation® uses only high heat to kill bed bugs at every stage of their life cycle in just one treatment. There’s no chemical fumigation, so no toxins are left behind and you and your pets can return to your home right after treatment is completed. Heat treatment can penetrate even the smallest cracks and crevices.
After our bed bug experts confirm that these pests are in your home and locate their hiding places, we use the latest insecticide dust and residual contact treatments. As part of this thorough and effective bed bug control strategy, we provide an initial treatment, plus two more follow-up visits one and two weeks later.
Bed bugs have been around for many centuries and, during that time, they’ve adapted well to the human environment across multiple conditions and temperatures. Although a persistent myth says that keeping your house clean will prevent them from getting in your home, it isn’t true. Cleanliness isn’t a factor in what attracts them.
Plus, they’re difficult to spot and, as hardy creatures, difficult to eliminate, DIY. Over time, they’d become resistant to the effective treatments of the day, too, which means that professional treatments had to evolve. Fortunately, our bed bug exterminator in Lehigh Acres, FL offers two highly effective choices: heat treatments and chemical treatments. For more information and guidance about which would be best for you, simply reach out to Turner Pest Control’s experts in bed bug pest control in Lehigh Acres.
Good question! Consider how these critters get into your home, and block those methods. For example, they get inside on furniture or luggage or soft goods like clothing, so you can carefully inspect these items before bringing them into your house. When traveling, place a plastic trash bag or other protective covering on your suitcases, and don’t put them on hotel beds. Inspect the bedding in the hotel for tiny stains, including on the box springs and mattresses. Whether you see pepper-like spots or not, inspect your belongings when you get home, washing towels, linens, and clothing in hot water before putting them away.
Thermal Remediation® is a highly effective treatment, reaching hiding spots that can otherwise be hard to treat. With our bed bug pest control in Lehigh Acres, heat treatments kill these insects across life stages without the use of insecticides. So, when you want environmentally friendly bed bug treatments that take care of the problem in one application, contact Turner for a free pest inspection.
We offer two treatments: chemical bed bug treatments and heat treatments. Our trained technicians find where these pests are hiding and provide a personalized bed bug treatment plan with methods that are minimally invasive and as environmentally friendly as possible. Still have questions? Fill out our contact form and we’d be happy to help!
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