The only sure-fire way to know you have bed bugs is to see them. Take a picture of “your” bug with a smart phone and text the picture to us at (844) 416-4999 with your name and address. We will ID it at no charge and then you have a starting point from which to make decisions.

Dogs are a very accurate way to determine if you have bed bugs. A K-9 bed bug scent detecting dog is specially trained to smell bed bugs. Since the bed bugs hide by day in tight, dark places, the dog can smell what we cannot see. The dog’s sense of smell is thousands of times greater than ours. Tiny bites on your skin, blood spots on your bedding, and cast-off exo-skeletons are also indicative of a bed bug infestation. If you have not seen a bug, and been able to catch it or get a picture of it for identification, the best way to determine the extent of a possible bed bug infestation is by K-9 scent detection.

Let us turn your beds into “Island Fortresses.” We will encapsulate your mattresses and box springs with bed bug proof, cloth encapsulations, sterilize your bed frames with steam under pressure so you start out with a zero baseline, spray all of these bed parts and the carpets with eco-friendly Cimi-Shield to create a “Virtual Minefields” around your sleeping areas. We will then isolate your beds from the floors with isolators and from the walls and other furniture with an air-gap of at least three to six inches so that bed bugs cannot walk off of any surfaces on to the beds. After this is accomplished, minimize the probability of introducing new bed bugs into your sleeping environment. Avoid setting backpacks, dirty clothes purses and other items that have been in the public on the bed. Instead, set them on tables, shelves, or other raised areas. If you or someone else is coming in from a trip, avoid bringing in bed bugs in the following manner:

Unpack your bags outside. Put any clean clothes into the clothes drier for 30 minutes on medium heat with a very loose tumble. Put all of your dirty clothes, including the ones you are wearing through the washer at appropriate temperature for the item; then dry them at a medium temperature as you normally do. Everything that cannot go into the washer or drier such as shoes, luggage, electronics, books, etc. can be put into a heat tent and “baked” at 140 degrees for an hour or two to kill the bed bugs. These heat tents can be found on the internet for about $200.

Bed bugs usually live where people sit or sleep. Infestations have been increasing for the past two decades at a rate of 15 to 20% per year. Bed bugs like dark, tight, undisturbed places where they can hibernate until the next meal or their next hitchhiking opportunity.

You can “get” bed bugs simply by sitting anywhere bed bugs have dropped off a former host, such as a restuarant, a library, the doctor’s office, or through travel. It has nothing to do with cleanliness or clutter. Anyone can be exposed to this inconvenience that many consider a major headache.

Dogs are a very accurate way to determine if you have bed bugs. A K-9 bed bug scent detecting dog is specially trained to smell bed bugs. Since the bed bugs hide by day in tight, dark places, the dog can smell what we cannot see. The dog’s sense of smell is thousands of times greater than ours.

Make your home bed bug resistant so bed bugs cannot set up housekeeping there.

Bed bugs can travel on you and your clothing or your belongings, but this is not the norm and you should not be worried about it. If you are concerned, simply put your clothes in a dryer on medium heat for 30 minutes with a very loose tumble. Any bed bugs and their eggs will not survive.

Bed bugs live indoors and prefer areas where people sleep, thus the name “bed bugs.” As the bugs proliferate, they can spread to hiding in walls, baseboards and other sundry places.