Bed Bug Treatment in Sun City Center, Florida

Challenges of Bed Bug Infestations

Here in Sun City Center, bed bugs are experiencing a resurgence and quickly becoming one of the area’s most difficult pests. The way they spread allows them to quickly infest dozens of properties, both residential and commercial, and they can hide away so that they are not quickly recognized. Some of the challenges involved in eliminated bed bugs include:

• Any Property – Given their name, bed bugs are frequently associated with hotels, hospitals, homes, and other properties that have beds. But they can actually infest any property, which means there are also dozens of chances to pick up a hitchhiking bed bug and bring it home.
  
  
• Spread of Infestations – These pests spread by attaching themselves to clothing, luggage, furniture, and boxes to move between properties. When they infest a new place, they breed fast and their numbers grow.
  
  
• Resilience – Bed bugs are a hearty insect. They can withstand temperatures down to 48 degrees, meaning Florida is always warm enough for them. They can also endure over 120 degrees, survive for a year without eating, and hide in nearly invisible cracks.
  
  
• Resistance to Treatments – Over the past few decades, bed bugs have also developed a resistance to some of the older insecticides that were commonly used to treat them.

Removing bed bugs without professional help is also nearly impossible. Effective elimination can only occur when every insect and every egg on the property is removed, otherwise they are able to come back. Killing the visible bugs once an infestation has taken hold usually misses those that are hiding – as well as eggs that are smaller than a pin-head – and over the counter treatments may fail against the more resistant bed bugs.

Chemical Free Bed Bug Control

We start our bed bug control services with an in depth inspection. This is helpful to confirm that we are dealing with bed bugs and not another biting pest that might require a different treatment. It also allows us to find every spot where bed bugs are hiding so that we do not miss any during extermination. For particularly well hidden bed bugs, we have trained bed bug dogs to sniff them out.

Each treatment plan is customized to your property and the infestation. For single family homes, we usually recommend the cryonite method to instantly kill bed bugs. This process uses carbon dioxide, already found naturally in the air we breathe, and freezes localized areas to a temperature unsustainable for bed bugs. Specially designed nozzles direct the CO2 towards any places bed bugs are located.

We also have heat treatments available. Fans are used to heat a space to at least 130 degrees, which is higher than bed bugs can endure. This method kills any bed bugs, as well as their eggs, wherever they are in the room. Because it is so comprehensive, this is the preferred technique for commercial properties where the bed bugs are located to a small room.

Both heat and freeze treatments are chemical free, meaning bed bugs cannot build up a resistance. We may also recommend insecticides, which are a more economical treatment, and we may combine methods depending on the extent and location of the invasion. These techniques are always effective in eliminating them, and also are completely safe to use around pets, children, and personal belongings.

Next Steps – Contact Nextgen Pest Solutions

Here in Sun City Center, it’s not uncommon to have a late night out at Old Castle Restaurant. But when you return home, you expect to be able to sleep comfortably on your bed, resting from a fun night out. Bed bugs make that experience impossible.

Our Sun City Center bed bug control services at Nextgen Pest Solutions are the most advanced available on the market today. In addition, they are deployed by our highly trained team of exterminators who are knowledgeable and focused on your comfort and convenience. We aim to make it easy and affordable to have a pest free home. At the first sign of bed bugs, or if you’re waking up with unexplained bites of any kind, contact us to get started.