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Make your home 100% Bedbug Free
Getting a bedbug infestation in your home can be a frustrating and emotional experience. You can call me (Paul Dejoseph, 604-818-4993) to ask questions or book a free inspection, or check out some of the more commonly asked questions below.
Frequently Asked Questions about bedbugs
Please reach us at paul@seatoskypest.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Bedbugs are small, flat, oval insects that are usually brownish-red and about the size of an apple seed. They become more swollen and red after feeding.
Signs of bedbugs include bites on your skin, small blood stains on your sheets, dark spots (fecal matter) on your mattress, and the presence of shed skins.
Bedbugs can be brought into your home through used furniture, luggage, clothing, or other personal items. They are commonly found in places with high turnover, like hotels.
If chemicals are used incorrectly, bedbugs can go into hiding and become more difficult and costly to remove. Contact Sea to Sky Pest Elimination for a free inspection and quote.
You'll get a preparation list before treatment, which includes things such as bagging up, washing and disposing of items.
Depending on circumstances, you will likely need to be out of the house for about 4 hours. This includes pets.
Avoid clutter, inspect second hand items, inspect your luggage after travel, inspect before moving into a new home.
Identifying Bedbugs
Physical Characteristics
Physical Characteristics
Physical Characteristics
- They are visible to the naked eye
- Adult bed bugs are usually brown in colour. When filled with blood, their colour ranges from red to dark brown
- They are oval in shape and about the size of a flattened apple seed, 4 to 7 mm in length
- They neither jump nor fly
- They move at the speed of an ant
- They have a lifespan of 5 to 6 months. However, they can live more than a year without feeding when in a dormant state
Before and After Feeding
Physical Characteristics
Physical Characteristics
Bed bugs can look somewhat different depending on their feeding status. If an adult bed bug has not fed recently, it is approximately 3 ⁄16" long and oval in shape. In fact, an unfed bed bug can look like a flat disc. However, once it takes a blood meal the body blows up like a balloon. The bed bug elongates so that it looks more like a torpedo than a disc. The color also will be a bright red if the bed bug has fed within the last couple of hours. The bed bug will darken and flatten again over the next couple of days as it digests the blood meal.
How to Find Them
Physical Characteristics
Bedbug Eggs & Nymphs
- Bed bugs are most active at night.
- They mainly live in bedrooms.
- They avoid light, seeking shelter in dark, narrow and inaccessible places.
- Small black spots on sheets, mattresses or bedsprings. These spots come from bed bug excrements;
- Presence of live or dead bed bugs, shed skin or eggs near the sleeper. These traces can be found on the bed or near it
Bedbug Eggs & Nymphs
Possible Hiding Places
Bedbug Eggs & Nymphs
Eggs:
- They are whitish in colour
- They are the size of a pinhead
- They are laid-out in clusters and attached in various small, tight spaces
- They hatch about 10 to 14 days after being laid
Nymphs:
- They can also be seen with the naked eye but they are smaller than adults
- They are translucent whitish-yellow in color.
- Some nymphs are so small that they are difficult to see unless they are moving or have recently fed (bright red when full of blood).
Possible Hiding Places
Possible Hiding Places
Possible Hiding Places
- Bedsprings, seams and bottoms of mattresses, and hems of bedding
- Headboards, bedroom furniture and drawers
- Clothing, backpacks, handbags and suitcases
- Chairs, wheelchairs, sofas and covers
- Carpets and curtains
- Mouldings and window or door frames
- Back of baseboard heaters and electrical outlets
- Peeled tapestry, frames and posters
- Cracks in the plaster, wood or floor
- Papers, books, telephones, radios and clocks
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Contact us -- (604) 848-4421
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We stay in constant communication with our customers until the job is done. To get a free quote, if you have questions or even if you just need advice, just drop us a line, anytime.
Sea To Sky Pest Elimination
PO Box 3503 Garibaldi Highlands, BC V0N 1H0 604.848.4421 paul@seatoskypest.com
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