§The
female can lay up to 500 eggs in her life at a rate
of 12 eggs per day!
§Eggs
are from 1 to 1.5mm in length (hatch within 6-10
days)
§Nymphs
are transparent and start to get color after feeding
§Range
from 2 to 5mm in length
§After
5 molts in about 10 weeks, bed bugs become adults
and are reddish brown, flatten and oval in shape
§Range
from 6 to 9.5mm in length
Bed Bug Feeding Habits
§Bed
Bugs
can go without eating for over a year when
in a dormant stage
§They
feed normally once a week and at night
(nocturnal) - Between 10
to 15 minuets of feeding before they go back
and hide
§They
will bite humans on their legs, arms, face
and body region
§A
bite causes itching and a large inflamed red
spot
Signs You May Have Bed Bugs
§Have
you or anyone in your home traveled and or
stayed in a hotel or on a cruse in the past
6 months?
§Has
anyone visited and stayed at your home for a
day or more?
§Do
you keep your luggage under your bed or in
your closet after traveling?
§Does
your house keeper live in a multifamily
dwelling whose family members maybe from
another country?
Have you or someone
you know recently been told that they have Eczema
after going to the dermatologist?
Are you finding
mysterious red bumps or bites on your body after you
wake
up in the morning?
Signs
of a Bed Bug Infestation
Blood Spots on your mattress in
the creases and folds of the mattress.
Wake up with
unexplained red spots and welts anywhere on your
body
Find the adults or
nymphs crawling on your sheets, walls, headboard or
anything in your bedroom. (People usually do not
notice that they have a bed bug problem until it's
to late; some where around 2 - 3 months after they
start having signs.)
If
someone waits any longer after realizing they have a
problem and try to treat themselves; it will only
make things worse in the long run and will cause the
bed bugs to spread through out the home.
Treatment
§If
you have bed bugs, don’t hire the cheapest
company out there.Unless you want to live with the bed
bugs for months on end.
§Much
preparation is need before treatment is able
to be done, usually 1-2 days of prep work by
homeowner.
Do not attempt to start cleaning until you
get thorough instructions from a licensed
professional - You do not want to
spread the bed bugs to more places
throughout your home!
§Contact
JP Miller for an inspection to determine the
level of infestation and to schedule
treatment @954-421-6187
or info@millerpestcontrol.com
Prevention
§True
prevention is not a treatment but knowledge
of what to do and look for when traveling
§When
staying anywhere that is not your home or at
any hotel (doesn’t matter if 5 star or no
star) inspect the room before you unpack or
lay down on the bed
§Pull
up the sheets on the mattress and look
closely at the folds and creases of the
mattress to see if there are any marks that
shouldn’t be there
§Inspect
the head board by lifting it off the wall
§Inspect
around the corners of the walls and ceiling
for marks
§Examine
the curtains and furniture as well
§If
all is clear, it’s now ok to relax
§You
don’t want bed bugs to make their next home
your home
§If
you travel, stay at
hotels, go on cruises, or have family
members that are away from home, ask us about our
(Bed
BugSurvival kit)
