Archive for the ‘Bed Bugs’ Category

When asked about Bed Bug Prevention, and I give these suggestions.

Greet your traveling family member in your garage with a bath robe. Tell them to strip and put their clothing immediately in the washing machine. or bag it up for the dry cleaners.

Set the luggage outside and take everything out. Get a can of pest spray and spray the inside of the luggage or get some pest strips, put them in the luggage, and leave it outside for 24 hours.

Put electronics, toiletry cases and alarm clocks and wool clothing in a garbage bag with a few mothballs or pest strips. Most professionals use Nuvan Pro Strips. Leave them in the tightly sealed bag or the luggage for several days.

Some folks put pest strips in their luggage to use when they travel.

Many  of my clients do not care how ‘Natural” a treatment is when It comes to Bed Bugs.

 

 

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I took these notes at a recent Bed Bug seminar held in Tualatin Or. The following is a list of ‘facts’

Bed bugs bite between Midnight and 5 a.m.

They will travel many yards.

Bed bugs feed every three to seven days.

Bed bugs are stimulated to search for hosts by the rise in CO/2 in a room.

Bed bugs must be inches away to sense body heat.

The exact method they use to find a host is unknown.

Bed bugs do not feed in lines and they do not bite in threes.

Bed bugs feed for five to ten minutes, then leave quickly.

A  Bed bug can live for seventy days at room temperature.

In optimal conditions, the population doubles every sixteen days.

It takes two to three days to have bites show up.

Typically, there is no blood left on the bedding.

Some non toxic treatment methods are:

Diatomacous earth dust,

Anti climbing device for your bed legs,

Slow Low pressure steam treatment,

A GOOD mattress encasement is mandatory.

 

Nature First Pest Control does not do Bed bug treatments at this time.

We Service all other pests in Tualatin, Tigard,  Beaverton, Greater Portland,

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