Dealing With Bed Bugs?

It can be tough to know if you have bed bugs or another pest, like ticks or termites. Are you noticing red bite marks on your body, an awful sickly-sweet smell in the air, and/or eggshells of unknown origin? Then you might have bed bugs. Given that one in five Americans will deal with bed bugs at one stage in their life, you are not alone in having this problem.

If you want to confirm you have bed bugs, call the BBS today for a bespoke appraisal of your property.

To identify bed bugs from other species, look out for small, oval-shaped creatures around the size of a singular apple seed. They are wingless and have flat bodies, which make them easy to tell apart from other pests. Usually a reddish-brown color (though sometimes translucent during early stages of life or before feeding), bed bugs tend to be easy to separate from other common pests in the USA.

Take a look at the images we have of bed bugs below, and you can have a better idea of what kind of pest(s) you are dealing with. For a professional review of your property, contact us.

Bed bug bites can be quite hard to tell apart from other typical bites left by other pests. Some of us break out in major reactions, while for others, it can simply look a little red and inflamed. Sometimes, reactions take days of consistent biting to start. Generally, bed bug bite marks are concentrated in small areas, usually in a zig-zag or straight-line pattern, and tend to be quite itchy and easily irritated. Bed bugs bite where they can reach, so look out for bite marks on areas of your skin that are exposed while you sleep/rest.

Bed bugs can move around quickly, covering around 4 feet of space per minute, but they also tend to breed extremely quickly. They can spread their numbers given that bed bugs produce as many as seven eggs per day, each of which hatches in around ten days, and they mature into adults within just six weeks.

So, a few bed bugs can come into your home and create a colony without warning. Since they latch onto everything from clothing to shipments and can fit through the smallest gaps, bed bug numbers can grow exponentially. Once the problem becomes something you are aware of, you need professional support.

You can try, but they breed at such a stellar rate and hide in so many places you cannot reach that self-removal is almost impossible beyond a certain stage. If you can visibly see bed bugs moving around, then your infestation is already likely beyond the self-controlling stage. You can squish bed bugs, kill them with chemical sprays, or use professional heat treatment. For the best results and proven success in eradicating bed bugs for 60+ days, contact us for advice.