Where have you been finding bedbugs?
These pests are not limited to any one specific type of dwelling. Infestations can be found everywhere including single-family homes, multi-family housing, apartments, hotels, hospitals, schools and college campuses, office buildings, retail stores, movie theatres and even public transportation, even five-star hotels and high-end clothing stores are susceptible to infestation.
Why are bedbugs so hard to treat?
Bedbugs should not be equated with filth or sanitation problems -- in hotels or in homes, for that matter. Bedbugs are very elusive, transient pests. They are often found in other areas besides the bed and they are hardy. They can live for a year or more without eating and can withstand a wide range of temperatures. Bedbugs can be controlled with vigilance, constant inspection and treatment by PRI’s professional pest control team.
What can a consumer do to protect themselves from bedbug infestations?
To prevent bedbug infestations, consumers need to be vigilant in assessing their surroundings. When returning from a trip, check your luggage and clothing. If you think you may have a bed bug infestation, call PRI professional.
Why are bedbugs an issue for hotels, visitors, and homeowners?
Bedbugs leave itchy, bloody welts on human skin. Adult bedbugs can live for a year without eating, making them especially hard to control. Once inside a hotel or home, bed bugs spread rapidly from room to room - through pipes, in vacuum cleaners, on clothing and luggage. In a hotel, bed bugs can even spread to neighbouring rooms, since guests are may end up moving to another room.
Are bedbugs just in beds?
Bedbugs are not just in beds. They can be in chair cushions, sofas, behind electrical outlets, cracks and crevices around baseboards, or even behind picture frames. In other words, they can be live pretty much anywhere.
How can you control bedbugs?
Any effective bedbug control strategy should start with a careful, thorough inspection by a PRI’s professional of all known and suspected spots where the bugs may be harbouring. This is not a pest that can be controlled effectively with do-it-yourself measures. As they are discovered, PRI has developed a treatment and control strategy with the customer depending on the extent of the infestation.
How fast will the bedbugs die?
Bedbugs hide in the cracks, crevices, thin gaps hence they have to be flushed out from these hiding places using oil based sprays. 90 – 95 % bedbugs are controlled in the first service. 5 – 10 % may remain behind. Pest Control Chemicals do not kill the eggs. Hence the second service is done with an interval of 15 days after the first service to kill the 5 – 10 % bedbugs remaining behind and the new bedbugs which hatch out from the eggs. After second service you should get a better Pest Relief.