Warm winter leads to more bugs in SWFL homes

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FORT MYERS -

Pest control professionals say insects are invading homes in Southwest Florida thanks to a warmer than usual winter.

Tempco Pest Control is seeing more and more requests for services than this time last year.

"Normally, insects go dormant and we aren't seeing it this year," says Tempco president Mike Ryan.

Ryan says it's because of the mild winter temperatures, instead of freezes killing the bugs off, the older bugs are sticking around and new ones are popping up.

The problem is especially prominent with fleas, ants, and ticks.

"It's one of the worst seasons we have seen in a long time," says Fort Myers Pest Control supervisor Ivan Starkey.

Fort Myers Pest Control says they're getting 60 to 70 calls per day for fleas and ticks. But what's more alarming is that calls for bed bugs have gone up 300 percent since 2011.

"We're going to experience it and until we get the rains and things settle down, we are going to have a serious bug situation," Starkey says.

But while we wait for temperatures to cool off, experts have suggestions to take at home.

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