Your belongings or even your whole house can host bed bugs – tiny pests that get their sustenance by sucking your blood while you sleep. When you know where bed bugs are likely to hide, you can search for, and remove them, more efficiently. Of course, getting rid of these pests is difficult to do on your own. Calling a professional bed bug pest control company in Gilbert is your best bet.

Where Bed Bugs Hide and How to Kill Them

To identify bed bugs, you have to know where they hide. Unfortunately, that can be just about anywhere. Adult bed bugs measure about five millimeters long and are as thin as a piece of paper. They can crawl up to 100 feet in one night to find their meal. They often hide behind light switches on your wall, underneath peeling wallpaper and paint, and in the gap between the baseboards and the walls. The most common place for them to hide is on beds, usually behind the headboard – hence their name.

They thrive in cool bedrooms. If the temp rises to more than 115 degrees F, eggs and adults will die in just ten minutes. Steam treatments are best when trying to treat your bed bug infestation. That’s because hot steam will kill both the bugs and their eggs; however, the bugs have to come in direct contact with the steam to be killed. If they’re setting up shop inside your mattress, this can be difficult to achieve.

There are bed bug-proof mattresses on the market, or you can wrap your bed in airtight plastic to starve the bugs. Bad news is, that can take up to a year.

Alternatively, you could seal the cracks and crevices where they like to hide, to reduce the number of locations where they can lay eggs. Also, if you place linens and pillows in the freezer for two weeks, you can freeze them to death. It just seems easier to replace those items than try all these DIY methods.

Little-Known Facts About Bed Bugs

• Bed bugs can live anywhere, such as homes, apartments, hospitals, college dorm rooms, offices, schools, movie theaters, retail stores, and trains.
• They are found in all 50 states.
• Bed bugs are hardy, living for several months without having a blood meal.
• Bed bugs can live in bags, suitcases, and furniture for long periods of time before they can get near a human host again.
• They are smart and elusive, staying hidden during the daytime. They will hide in mattress crevices, baseboards, box springs, in picture frames, behind electrical switchplates, and behind wallpaper.
• At nighttime, they are drawn to the carbon dioxide we exhale.
• Bed bugs are methodical, with a predictable feeding pattern. Once they find a host, they will feed for 5 to 10 minutes, leaving a distinct pattern of bite marks on the skin of their victims.
• Most people don’t wake up when bed bugs bite them because their saliva contains an anesthetic, which makes the feeding process quick and painless.

Get Professional Help With Bed Bugs From Simply Green Pest Control

If you suspect you have bed bugs, or you currently have an infestation on your hands, don’t hesitate to call your local pest control professionals in Gilbert, Chandler and Phoenix area to inspect the situation and suggest the proper treatment. This will get rid of your bed bug infestation much more quickly than trying to sanitize your whole house on your own. Call us now at 480-550-9220 for a free quote.