Bed Bug Treatment in Elfers, Florida

The Bed Bug Life Cycle

Like most insects, bed bugs hatch from eggs and mature through several life stages. They grow in size through molting, or shedding their skins. Each molt requires the bed bug to bite a host and consume blood for the energy and nutrients to grow. Full grown bed bugs will continue to feed as well, often about once a week.
The stages and timeline bed bugs go through are:

• Eggs – Bed bug eggs are about 1mm in diameter and are laid either in a group or individually, often hidden in crevices around the home. Each female bed bug can lay up to five eggs each day. The eggs take two weeks to hatch.
  
  
• Nymphs – These young bed bugs will be yellow-white to reddish-brown depending on how old they are. They feed like adult bed bugs, but are slightly smaller. Each nymph will molt five times as it ages to an adult, and feed before each molting. This stage lasts for about five weeks.
  
  
• Adults – Once grown, an adult insect will live four to six months, feeding regularly throughout where possible. Females will also begin laying eggs. Some bed bugs have lived as long as a year in low temperature conditions with limited to no food.

The rapid maturity of bed bugs and the number of eggs they can lay allows their populations to expand quickly. A few bed bugs brought into your home in your luggage, on clothing, or in furniture can multiply into a vast infestation.

How to Determine If You Have Bed Bugs

Part of the reason that bed bugs are able to spread so easily is that they are difficult to see, meaning that many people or businesses don’t realize they have an infestation at first. During this delay, visitors can continue to carry bed bugs to other properties.
Instead of searching for bed bugs themselves, these signs can indicate an infestation:

• Droppings
• Bug Skins
• Blood Stains
• Grouped Bites
• Musty Smell (for large infestations)

Droppings and stains will be found around the places bed bugs eat and hide. This includes sheets, mattresses, the area beneath beds, and other furniture. If you notice any of these signs, or have unexplained bites, a professional Elfin bed bug control company can confirm an infestation.

Extermination Methods for Bed Bugs

When an inspection shows bed bugs on your property, we can deploy one of several different treatment methods to get rid of bed bugs fast. Options ranging from standard insecticide treatments to more technologically advanced methods that can be tailored to your circumstances. We create a treatment plan that is specific to where bed bugs are located in your property.

Heat treatments and freeze treatments are two of our more advanced treatments that are chemical free and effective. We also have newer insecticides, and we have bed bug sniffing dogs if needed. As with all of our treatments, we rely on a careful inspection to find bed bugs wherever they are located.

Let Nextgen Pest Solutions Be Your Partner in Pest Control

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If you have brought home bed bugs on an object, or they have come into your home or business another way, Nextgen Pest Solutions can remove them quickly. We have same day and next day services to eliminate pests and guaranteed services that ensure you won’t see them afterwards. Find out more and get started by calling us today.