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Due to their incredibly small size, bed bugs can fit into even the smallest cracks and crevices, making finding them difficult. If you are looking to treat your bed bugs, either using professionals or yourself, it is important to know just how large your treatment area is so that you treat the right areas of your home and don’t miss any bed bugs. If you leave even just one or two bed bugs alive, or just eggs, the infestation will come back.

The best way to do this is to carry out an inspection of your home, focusing on the areas where bed bugs are typically found.

If you’ve been unlucky enough to be affected by Bed Bugs during the summer months, at a time when all insect problems are at their peak, you may be hoping that colder weather will bring some respite. Maybe the problem will disappear on its own during the winter months… Think again! Unfortunately, Bed Bugs are a year-round problem and you can never leave it to nature to get rid of them. Without direct action from you, the problem will only get worse.

The traditional  way to treat bedbugs is through the use of insecticides and pesticides specifically designed to kill insects. The problem is, many of the chemicals within insecticides are not only toxic to insects, they can also be harmful to humans, pets, and the environment.

Unsafe exposure to insecticides can lead to headaches, dizziness, breathing difficulties, and vomiting. High levels will even change the hormone levels in your body and cause birth defects, so are especially detrimental to the health of pregnant women.

If you have ever woken up to find that bed bugs bit you in your sleep, you’ll most likely feel a mixture of shock and disgust. You’ll probably want to bathe for hours on end and spray your entire home with pesticides, but it’s good to remember that this can happen to anyone. When dealing with an unpleasant situation like this, what you don’t do is just as important as what you do. 

Bed bugs are a nationwide problem that offers a big money-making opportunity for pest control companies.  However, to expand your pest control business to cover bed bugs, you will need special equipment and training.  Bed bugs aren’t like other pests; they require a customized treatment plan and often resist traditional chemical treatments.  Because of these facts, many pest control professionals find it hard to treat bed bugs, OR the bugs require so many treatments that their customers get frustrated with the time it takes to eliminate the problem.  But, don’t worry, Convectex is here to help!  We have everything you need to add bed bugs to your treatment list!