Here is your newest Bed Bugs News!
The exterminator will have instructions regarding the job that you should complete before to his arrival.
o You may have to:
- Pile up furniture.
- Remove light switchplates (the bugs hide back there).
o You may want to:
- Toss mattresses.
- Caulk wall and wood cracks (they hide there, too) — get caulk and a caulking gun at a hardware store and practice using a finger to smooth the goop flat against surfaces (easy).
o Do:
- Completely strip all bedding (get to bare mattress). Fold the bedding in on itself to contain the bugs; wash it or dry clean at high temps. Interesting fact: In hot desert areas, folks with infestations often hang bedding and clothes in the blistering sun — remember that temps over 113 kill bed bugs.
Exterminatorsin Orkin use hot, dry steam to kill bed bugs in places you touch; chemicals are used to kill bed bugs in other spots by flushing the bugs out for steaming.
Never open travel bags on home furniture, like beds, and store them away from furniture (like in an outside shed) and any bugs who’ve hitchhiked may not get the chance to move in.The bugs now live in all 50 states — you can certainly get them at home without having traveled, too. Orkin has exterminated the pesky buggers in all states but North and South Dakota.Once this mass extermination is over and you’re bug free, don’t let the bugs bite again by keeping an eye out for the little pests next time you travel, and use the tips above to keep them out of the house when you get home.