Safeguarding Health & Property Since 1973
Nick’s Pest Management
Bedbugs have feasted on sleeping humans for thousands of years. After World War II, they were eradicated from most developed nations with the use of DDT. This pesticide has since been banned because it's so toxic to the environment.
Spurred perhaps by increases in international travel, bedbugs are becoming a problem once again. The risk of encountering bedbugs increases if you spend time in places with high turnovers of night-time guests — such as hotels, hospitals or homeless shelters.
Bedbugs are reddish brown, oval and flat, about the size of an apple seed. During the day, they hide in the cracks and crevices of beds, box springs, headboards and bed frames. It's a daunting task to eliminate bedbugs from your home. Professional help is recommended.
Some Basic Facts:
- Bed bugs are persistent. Eradicating, exterminating or just killing an entire infestation requires persistence.
- Bed bugs can hide in extremely small cracks and crevices making it difficult to locate breeding sites.
- Bedbugs are rarely seen in daylight. They emerge from their hiding spots at night.
- Bed bugs can live a year or longer without food (blood) and thus stay in their hiding places.
- Bed bugs can travel long distances and survive in suitcases, clothing, vehicles, aircraft, cruise ships and other modes of transportation.
- Bed bug females lay about 300 eggs.
- Bed bugs hatch from eggs in 10 days.
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