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AllPest Bed Bug Treatments vs. Thermal Remediation At AllPest, we use the most effective products available, including steam heat, organic dusts, growth regulators and approved sprays.
Of course, bed bugs are tough to control and a few treatments may be required. The longer you wait, the longer it may take. However, we will work with you to get them under control and help you keep it that way, and we also do what we can to keep our prices low while still offering a excellent bed bug treatment.
Our bed bug treatments are affordable. The products we use are scientifically proven to kill bed bugs and stop them from reproducing. We treat every crack and crevice in the room with approved & proven bed bug control products. We dry steam mattresses and box springs and some furniture. We apply organic dusts in and behind wall voids, electrical wall and switch plates. We treat dressers, night stands, book cases, bed frames, etc. We also recommend and can provide you with high quality bed bug proof mattress and box spring encasements that you can purchase from our online store for placement on all of your beds. We can bring them with us or ship them directly to you. Our bed bug treatment program is successful and cost effective. Our bed bug treatments and EPA approved products will continue to work against bed bug infestations for up to 3 months. Thermal Remediation Thermal Heat treatments, although effective for killing a high percentage of bed bugs quicker than some chemical treatments, are none the less extremely expensive and way outside most people's budgets. Not only are thermal heat treatments expensive, they offer zero residual protection against any new bed bug infestation occurring just days, weeks or months later. There are some thermal heat remediation companies that offer a one year warranty against bed bugs. However, most of these companies charge a substantial deductible (Extra Fee) to do additional thermal heating procedures.
Some thermal remediation companies out there may be telling you that chemicals that have been scientifically proven in laboratories and EPA approved to kill bed bugs, don't kill bed bugs or will make a bed bug problem worse. Any pest control company spreading this falsehood could have a detrimental effect on the bed bug epidemic going on in our state. Not everyone can afford thermal remediation treatments and if people believe thermal remediation is the only solution, they may also reach the false conclusion that have to live with bed bugs or try to kill the bedbugs themselves by attempting to do their own heat treatment. Never try to do your own heat treatment.
Be prudent when choosing a bed bug treatment plan. Get the facts from state agencies and other reputable industry sources, not just a sales pitch from someone trying to sell you a one, two or three thousand dollar heat remediation treatment that may help in the short term, but gives you no long term protection from a recurring bed bug infestation once the ambient temperature in your home drops under 115 degrees . |
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 BED BUGS
Bed bugs are in the insect family Cimicidae and include three species that attack people. Of these, the most important is Cimex lectularius, which may also bite bats, birds, and rodents. Cimex lectularius is a cosmopolitan species, most frequently found in the northern temperate climates of North America, Europe, and Central Asia. It occurs more sporadically in southern temperate regions. In Florida and tropical regions it is replaced by C. hemipterus. Problems with bed bug infestations used to be quite severe, but with the use of DDT after World War II the incidence of these pests has been greatly reduced, although infestations still do occur. Currently this insect can be a pest wherever sanitary conditions are primitive, or if there are birds or mammals nesting on or near a house. Crowded and dilapidated housing can also facilitate the insect's movement between residences. IDENTIFICATION AND LIFE CYCLE Female bed bugs lay from 200 to 500 eggs (in batches of 10 to 50) on rough surfaces such as wood or paper. Eggs are covered with a glue and hatch in about 10 days. After hatching, the egg shells frequently remain on the substrate. There are five progressively larger nymphal stages, each requiring a single blood meal before molting to the next stage. The entire life cycle from egg to adult requires anywhere from 5 weeks to 4 months, depending on temperature. When temperatures are in the range of 70° to 82°F, development occurs most rapidly. Nymphs and adults generally feed at night and hide in crevices during the day. Common hiding places include seams in mattresses and box springs, cracks in bed frames, under loose wallpaper, behind picture frames, and inside furniture and upholstery. Bed bugs can go without feeding for 80 to 140 days; older stages can survive longer without feeding than younger ones. Adults have survived without food for as long as 550 days. A bed bug can take six times its weight in blood, and feeding can take 3 to 10 minutes. Adults live about 10 months and there can be up to 3 to 4 generations of bed bugs per year. Occasionally bed bugs may be picked up in theaters, on buses and trains, or brought into homes on clothing, bedding, luggage, or firewood. Bed bugs that live on other mammals and birds found near the home (chickens, mice, rats, and rabbits) may under certain circumstances feed on humans if their primary hosts are removed. DAMAGE MANAGEMENT Indirect measures can go a long way in controlling bed bugs: keep bats and birds away from houses; clean furnishings, launder bedding and mattress pads, and steam-clean mattresses; and prevent bed bugs from getting into homes by removing debris from around the house, repairing cracks in walls, and caulking windows and doors. Simple physical control methods include standing the legs of beds in soapy water, coating the legs with petroleum jelly or double-sided sticky tape. Bed bugs cannot climb polished glass or metal easily and they don't fly, so that the legs of beds can also be placed inside glass jars or metal cans. Bed Bug control includes the use of a residual
insecticide (usually pyrethroids) in cracks and
crevices. Sprays containing natural pyrethrins
can also be used. Dusts or powder such as fumed
silica (also called Drione dust) are useful
in closed, hard-to-reach places.
www.BedBugsBiteMe.com Information about Bed Bugs from AllPest Exterminators in Baltimore - 410-288-9300 | ||
