Bed Bug Control In West Palm Beach, FL

Stop Bed Bugs From Biting In West Palm Beach, FL

Bed bug infestations are often associated with unsanitary conditions, but in reality, they don't care how clean a place is as long as they have a steady supply of blood to feed on. The pest experts at Above And Beyond Pest Control pride themselves on their expertise and knowledge of area pests in Lake Worth, FL. Their pest-free guarantee includes protection from bed bug infestations.

What You Need To Know About Bed Bugs

When it comes to bed bugs, the more you know, the better able you are to detect an infestation in its earliest stages. When people don’t understand bed bug habits and behaviors, they don’t know what to look for to identify an infestation. The following information will help you know what bed bugs are like so that you can know what to look for in your house.

Bed bugs are good at hiding.

This is true for two reasons. First, bed bugs are nocturnal. Although they can be awake and moving around during the day, they tend to avoid movement during daytime hours and are most active at night when you are likely sleeping. 

Second, bed bugs prefer tight spaces. This means you probably won’t see them out in the open. Although they’ll venture out to find a meal, they’ll spend most of their time hidden in cracks and crevices, in the seams of mattresses, or in other tight places.

Bed bugs easily move from place to place.

Bed bugs are easily able to move, not only from building to building but also from room to room within a building. They do this primarily in two ways. The first is by using wall voids to go from room to room. The second is by moving to a new place while on a host. Bed bugs don’t just feed on humans, but also use animals, such as dogs, cats, birds, and rodents, as hosts. If they are physically on a host when the host decides to move to a new location, the bed bug will go along with it, infesting a new area when it climbs off the host.

Bed bugs are survivors

Bed bugs have lived around humans for thousands of years, primarily because of their ability to survive our repeated attempts to eliminate them. What makes them survivors?

• They can take anywhere from five weeks to eight months to fully develop from egg to adult.
• Their lifespan can range from six months to one and a half years. They can go dormant for months, allowing them to “reappear” after you think they’re gone.
• They can survive without a meal for months at a time, allowing you to believe they are gone when they’re not.
• Female bed bugs lay hundreds of eggs in their lifetime and cement the eggs in cracks and crevices to make them both harder to detect and harder to eliminate.

Our Bed Bug Control Process

Using proven Integrated Pest Management techniques, Above And Beyond Pest Control has developed an efficient process for eliminating bed bug infestations. This process includes an inspection, custom treatment plan, and routine follow-up care to be sure the problem is gone for good.

Inspection

The first step in gaining control of a bed bug infestation is to thoroughly examine areas they are likely to hide. These areas include all soft furnishings but pay special attention to mattresses and box springs. Once we finish the inspection, you will receive a quote for treatment services on the spot and schedule your appointment.

Treatment

We will provide a checklist before your scheduled treatment that will detail specific tasks the homeowner will need to complete. We will then apply a liquid spray treatment to the affected area to eliminate the live bed bugs and any eggs and nymphs. We recommend that homeowners stay out of the house for at least four hours after applying the treatment.

Follow-up

Ten to fourteen days after the initial treatment, we will apply a second treatment, in the same manner, to guarantee that we properly purge the entire infestation from your home.

Once we eliminate the bed bugs from your house, we also offer mattress and box spring encasements at an additional cost. These encasements provide protection against future bed bug infestations, and we highly recommend them. After we complete the treatment process, you can sleep soundly knowing that your home is bed bug-free!