Category: Household Insects
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Mattress Delivery Can Bring Bed Bugs Into Your Home Part II Of II
Continuing from Monday… Once you have found that the mattress is completely sealed, the plastic wrapping should be removed outside of your home and immediately discarded in case it harbors any hidden bed bugs or bed bug eggs. It’s important to remember that bed bugs are not attracted to mattresses per-say. Instead they are attracted…
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Mattress Delivery Can Bring Bed Bugs Into Your Home Part I Of II
Buying a new mattress is a costly endeavor for most people. Nothing can be more frustrating than making a major purchase, only to find out a short time later that you have an unwelcome intruder that has moved into your home as a result of the expensive investment. Many people across the United States have…
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Beware Of Bed Bugs In New Jersey Schools
New Jersey pest control experts are warning residents that bed bugs could be found in area schools. Because bed bugs are master hitchhikers, they can easily be transported home with children in book bags, winter coats, hats, gloves or clothing. A Jersey City, New Jersey middle school student discovered bed bugs in a classroom several…
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College Students And Bed Bugs Don’t Have To Go Hand In Hand
In a very short time college students will be saying good-bye to their college dorms and off-campus housing units and heading home for a much anticipated home cooked meal and comfy bed. They will travel in droves by trains, planes, buses, and automobiles to destinations all across the United States. You can certainly expect to…
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New Jersey Pest Control Experts Don’t Want DDT
DDT usage was widespread in the 1940’s and 1950’s as a means of treating common household pests such as cockroaches. Because of its fantastic residual kill effect it also proved to be quite effective at killing the dreaded bloodsucking bed bug that was plaguing households across the United States. DDT helped to devastate bed bug…