What Will Keep Bed Bugs Off Your Body?

What Will Keep Bed Bugs Off Your Body?

The first thing you do (hopefully) when you find bed bugs in your home is to call in a professional exterminator. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – the sooner you take action the sooner you can get back to a bed bug free life. But bed bug removal does take...
How to Get Bed Bugs Out of Your Mattress

How to Get Bed Bugs Out of Your Mattress

Just the idea of bed bugs can leave us cowering in our beds. Unfortunately, hiding under the covers isn’t much of a defense. In fact, it’s probably the worst place for us. Those blood-sucking pests are most often found in bedrooms. Heck – it’s how they got their name....
Can Plants Keep the Bed Bugs Away?

Can Plants Keep the Bed Bugs Away?

Ask any experienced gardener and they’ll tell you that planting specific plant varieties in your garden can help to keep pests away from flowers and vegetables. It’s a common gardening technique to both protect small gardens and reduce the need for pesticides. But are...
Don’t Let Bed Bugs Spoil Your Spring Break

Don’t Let Bed Bugs Spoil Your Spring Break

It’s that time of year again. Time for students around the country to set aside the school books and enjoy some well deserved break time. Yep, spring break is here again. While some kids will head home to see the family (and catch up on laundry and hot meals) others...
How Do You Get Rid of Bed Bug Eggs?

How Do You Get Rid of Bed Bug Eggs?

The first thing you learn about bed bugs is where there’s one there’s sure to be others. More importantly, perhaps, there’s sure to be bed bug eggs. Getting rid of bed bugs is one thing, and we’ve talked at length about the various methods exterminators use to...

Bed Bug Trauma – The Hidden Impact of Infestations

Dealing with a bed bug infestation can be a harrowing experience. Fortunately, we know that bed bugs do not carry any diseases. They can not, and do not, transmit diseases to their human victims. However, that doesn’t mean that they do not affect our health. One of...
2022 End of Year Bed Bug Roundup

2022 End of Year Bed Bug Roundup

Over the last several years the uptick in bed bug infestations across the country have made these pests more than a little newsworthy. That’s why every year at about this time we publish our annual end of year bed bug roundup. It’s an opportunity to highlight a few of...
What to Do if You Find Bed Bugs in Your Clothes

What to Do if You Find Bed Bugs in Your Clothes

Winter is here and we’re all getting our first taste of this season’s arctic chill. So the time has come to start digging into closets and drawers to fetch out the family’s warmest coats, blankets, sweaters, and mittens. But what are the chances your winter clothes...

Are Bed Bug Bites an Effective Early Warning Sign?

One of the first signs of a bed bug infestation is the appearance of bites on one or more members of your family. But that doesn’t necessarily make them a viable early warning system. It takes some time for a bed bug population to grow and an infestation may be well...
Is There an Actual Bed Bug Season?

Is There an Actual Bed Bug Season?

As we bid farewell to the warm days of summer it seems like the perfect opportunity to tackle one of the more common questions we get around here. Specifically, “Is there a bed bug season?”. You’d think that the chillier nights of fall would bring some respite from...
Creature Features – Bed Bugs and Halloween

Creature Features – Bed Bugs and Halloween

It seems like this year is just flying by. September is over and now we’re rolling into October. And you know what October means. It means Halloween parties (for kids AND grown-ups), trick-or-treating, and (if you’re anything like me) too much candy and not enough...
How to Avoid Bed Bugs at Thrift Shops

How to Avoid Bed Bugs at Thrift Shops

I recently stumbled across a social media post regarding thrift stores and bed bugs. The thread went back and forth for a bit, as social media posts tend to do. Some people argued that buying clothing or furniture from thrift shops was perfectly safe because...
4 Simple Tips to Help Prevent a Bed Bug Infestation

7 Signs Your Home May Have Bed Bugs

No one wants to discover that their home is infested with bed bugs. Just the thought of these blood-sucking pests can make your skin crawl. But with bed bug infestations on the rise across the country it’s a good idea to know how to recognize the early warning signs...