Prevent Bed Bug Infestations

The most important way to control and prevent bed bug infestation for casual customers and clients is pretreatment. Inspecting incoming traffic and new items in your home, is the first line of defense in preventing bed bugs also vacuuming, carpet, walls, windows frames, door frames, and furniture.  This method should be repeated every time someone or something enters the home.

Bed bugs are easily picked up and brought in on, someone’s person, and or their belongings. Therefore minimizing traffic in the home, and pre-cleaning and post cleaning is very important. The bed bug epidemic is plaguing homes across the United States, and Michigan is no exception, especially in the Detroit area. To ensure that you avoid being infesting the prior preventive treatment is important in keeping a success bed bug free home.

Eviction and Foreclosures Numbers Effect Bed Bugs

Due to the economy and the Michigan state of affairs, there has been more movement in terms of eviction and foreclosures.  And family members moving back home, which has increased the spread of the Bed bug populations, in homes and workplaces. The disturbing effects of bed bugs, the bed bugs need for human blood; because of their piercing sucking mouth parts they can cause allergic reactions, and rashes. They are parasitic in nature and feed off of blood; they also have detrimental mental and physical effects and are known to create extremely unhealthy environments in a short period of time. Once in the home they are attracted to areas of sleep, because of upper body chemistry and the release of carbon dioxide which the bed bugs are attracted to.

Need help with bed bugs?

If you have a bed bug infestation in metro Detroit or would like more information on how to prevent these pests please contact us.