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Ants and mice are moving inside and wildlife may be looking for potential harbourage areas. Spiders are constructing egg sacs and mosquito activity is increasing. House fly activity can be expected. Commercial accounts will need to be aware of increased small fly activity. Nuisance wildlife, such as squirrels and chipmunks, will be much more noticeable.

Home Bed Bugs Preventing Bed Bugs While Travelling

Everyone knows the saying, Good night, sleep tight, dont let the bed bugs bite. It has never been more true than it is now.

Bed bugs are extremely efficient hitch hikers. They can move easily across a room and climb onto luggage or anything left on a bed in just one night. Hotels are perfect homes for bed bugs because of the ready supply of fresh hosts to feed on, and the difficulty of sustaining bed bug control in such facilities over the long-term.

Upon arrival always inspect your hotel room. Travellers should look for live insects, blood stains, dead bugs and eggs throughout the room. Bed bugs are not a sanitation or cleanliness issue. This means bed bugs can be found in any hotel or motel from a one-star all the way up to a five-star location. What signs should you look for? With any large infestation of bed bugs you will notice a sweet, musty, odour, similar to soda pop syrup. Bed bugs will leave small brown or red spots on the sheets.

Bed bugs usually hide in close proximity to their food source you! Bed bugs are nocturnal insects and disappear into the crevices of mattresses (pay particular attention to the seams and crevasses), box springs, sheets, furniture, upholstery and hollow bedposts during the day. Other hiding spots include behind baseboards or pictures and even in any wallpaper that might be cracked or torn. You can lift and look around all these possible hiding spots in order to check for bed bugs in a hotel room.

Make sure to elevate your luggage and any other personal items. Always inspect the luggage rack carefully for any signs of bed bugs. If it appears free of bed bug signs use it to keep your suitcase off the floor and away from the bed. Moving the luggage rack away from the wall will help reduce the risk of bed bugs crawling up the wall and into your belongings.

When you are packing to check out always examine your luggage to make sure you have not picked up any unwelcome guests. Since bed bugs are such great hitch hikers be sure to check your luggage and clothing upon your return home. Many recommend unpacking and checking in your garage or utility room.

When you return home, leave your luggage in the garage, and immediately launder all cloth items. The first places bed bugs typically encounter are bags and suitcases so keeping your luggage outside may help keep them out of your home. Depending on where you live, keeping luggage outdoors may also leave bed bugs outside their comfortable range of temperatures. You can also eliminate bed bugs that may have gotten into clothing by laundering (washing and drying) all fabric items in hot water, although recent studies show that 20 minutes in a clothes dryer is all that is needed to ensure 100% control.

Efficiently treating and detecting for a bed bug infestation requires the use of a licensed, professional Pest Control Operator with specific experience dealing with these pests. No one has more experience than Orkin Canada so call today and schedule a bed bug inspection.

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Some things you can do to reduce the risk of picking up bed bugs as you travel include:

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Bedbugs are parasites that have the potential to infest houses and especially things such as beds and mattresses. They feed on human blood and their bite usually leaves a large, reddish and itchy wheal. In Vancouver, the best way to avoid bed bugs is to never introduce second-hand furniture in to your home that hasnt been thoroughly inspected.

Bed bugs are small, wingless insects that are found all over the world. They are a nocturnal parasite. This means they rest during the day time and become active at night. However, it is important to remember that bed bugs are highly opportunistic parasites because they can bite even during the day if they need to feed. They primarily feed on the blood of humans and usually hide in beddings or on mattresses. This gives them quick access to their preferred source of food.

Bed bugs have highly evolved mouth parts that can pierce through the human skin. Quite a large number of people dont respond to their bites because they are relatively painless. However, other bites can result in itchiness and red swelling.

Even though bed bugs have the ability to harbour diseases in their bodies, transmission of these diseases is highly improbable. They are also not dangerous unless the individual happens to be allergic to their bite. Having bed bugs is usually a stressing factor for most people in Vancouver and their bites tend to be highly irritating.

The bite of a bed bug has some common features, some of which include:

The following are the main physical attributes of bed bugs:

In most cases, bed bugs will hide in beddings, clothing, luggage and furniture. They are often found in dwellings that have a high rate of occupant turnover such as motels, hostels, hotels, apartment complexes and shelters. However, any household can be infected with bed bugs.

The first signs of a bed bug infestation could be the presence of bite marks on the bodies of family members. With a thorough inspection of your home, especially in well-known hiding spots, you can reveal signs of bed bug infestation such as:

If your residence shows signs of bed bug infestation, call the pest control specialists at OnSite Pest Control in Vancouver, BC. We will remove the bed bugs completely quickly and effectively. Fill out our contact form or call 604-266-7483.

If you have a problem with carpenter ants, OnSite Pest Control will be there to help as well.

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In todays economy, everyone wants to save money. Buying used furniture or getting used furniture for free from a friend or relative can really save you serious bucks. But, theres a catch: bed bugs.

One of the single most common ways to get bed bugs in your home is through buying used furniture and bringing it into your home. Given the average cost of a bed bug treatments by a professional often exceeds a thousand dollars, itsdefinitelybest to insure the furniture youre buying does not have bed bugs.

To avoid having your home infested with bed bugs, its preferable to avoid buying used furniture or bringing used furniture in your home all together.

However, we understand that this isnt always practical or realistic. Therefore, inspecting any used furniture for signs of bed bugsbefore you bring the furniture into your home is criticallyimportant. Even bringing used furniture with bed bugs into your home for just a few minutes can be the beginning of a bed bug infestation that will cost you time, sleep, sanity, and money!

Whenever you find or are offered used furniture, the very first you should do is thoroughly inspect it for bed bugs. Be prepared, this could offend some people, but that is just the reality we live in today. Heres how to inspect used furniture for bed bugs:

If you see any bed bugs or even signs of bed bugs,do notbring the furniture home.

Assuming youve done a thorough inspection, and havent found any signs of bed bugs, we still highly recommend treating the used furniture for bedbugs. Heres how:

Interested in learning more about how to keep bed bugs out of your home? Check out our Bed Bug Prevention page.

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