Bedbug Extermination In Hampshire
Bedbugs have developed a resistance against some pesticides which has led to an increase in numbers in recent years, what’s more, they are taking advantage of the popularity of home rentals, and services such as Airbnb where they hitch rides on clothing and luggage and infest new homes and businesses.
If you have bedbugs, you need to undertake a plan for bedbug extermination and bedbug treatment of the affected areas.
Discrete Bed Bug Treatment Service – Optional, we can attend your premises in a private vehicle to treat your bed bug infestation.
Bedbugs are notorious for their hardiness and their ability to go unnoticed, that is until the bites and tell-tale signs increment to a point where the infestation is getting out of hand.
How Do Bed Bug Infestations Spread
Bed bugs do not but are able to crawl and move short distances within an infected area, and slowly spread to other rooms in the home or business.
Because they like to nest in fabrics bed bugs are known to move around by finding their way into purses, backpacks, suitcases, briefcases, clothing, and jackets.
Types of Treatments For Bedbugs
There are many different ways of treating bedbugs (heat, freezing, chemicals, powders, steam). We will look at the space that needs treatment and provide you with our considered recommendation.
HWPC Local Bedbug Control Services
HWPC bedbug-control technicians are registered NPTA members. Meet the standards set by thinkwildlife.org and follow industry best practices & CRRU code.
Compliance – On request, DBS certification for our bedbug-control technician attendance at boarding schools and care homes. All technicians are emergency first aid trained.
If you are searching for local bedbug control near me. Towns within easy reach for HWPC control services for insects include Lasham, Liphook, Haslemere, Petersfield & Medstead.
Our East Hampshire insect control prices beat all national ‘brand pest control service quotes’.
Signs of Bed Bug Infestation
Bedbugs are active mainly at night and usually bite people while they are sleeping. They feed by piercing the skin and withdrawing blood through an elongated beak. Bed bugs feed for three to 10 minutes to become engorged then crawl away unnoticed. The tell tail signs to look out for a bed bug infestation are…
- Wake up with itchy areas that you didn’t have when you went to sleep
- Finding small blood stains on your sheets or pillowcases
- Bedbug excrement – Dark or rusty spots on sheets and mattresses, bed clothes, and walls.
- Bedbug faecal spots, egg shells, or shed skins in areas where bedbugs hide
- An offensive, musty odour from the bugs’ scent glands
Information On Bed Bugs
- A Bed bug can lay between 200 – 500 eggs over a two-month period in batches of 10 – 50 at a time.
- Adult females bed bugs must have a blood meal from warm-blooded mammals, such as people before egg-laying.
- Bed bug eggs are usually hidden in cracks and crevices and can be attached to infested items of furniture, fittings or soft furnishings such as mattresses in clusters by a transparent substance.
- A bed bug has 7 stages in its lifecycle, from an egg to a fully grown adult bug can take between 45 days, to up to a year.
- A bedbug’s lifespan is from 50 days to over a year depending on favourable conditions.
- Bed bugs can survive for weeks to months without feeding, and waiting for human blood.
How Long Will The Bed bug Treatment Take
Treatment of a typical-sized home can take an average of between 2 to 3 and a half hours.
Bed bug Removal Guarantees?
It is very difficult to promise an overnight fix for bed bugs. If an exterminator’s promise sounds too good to be true it probably is, however, if we use a combination treatment (eg steam, chemicals) we are able to offer a no-hassle 6-month re-treatment guarantee.
Can Bed Bug Bites Cause Disease
Bed bug bites can be itchy, and you’ll know if you have been bitten. The good news is that bed bugs are not known to pass on infections or other diseases.
Things To Do To Help Bed Bug Treatment
Pre Treatment – Prior to the service, it’s important to do the following:
Post Treatment – After-service dos and don’ts:
