Thoughts About Bed Bug Treatments

No two pest control concerns have the same reasoning when it comes to getting rid of bed bugs. Dovid Davis, an entomologist and owner of A # 1 Pest Control, a Baltimore pest control company is a particularly opinionated and outspoken individual and describes his bed bug eradication principles in a very pleasing way.

Dovid makes the point in numerous ways that his company focuses on treating with pesticides that have effects that continue for months after the treatment. This means the first bed bug treatment will keep working for up to 90 days or more when combined with high temperature washing and drying of clothing and bedding plus diligent household cleaning.

A # 1 Pest Control does not dispute the effectiveness of foggers and heat treatments. The company doesn't use them only because they are temporary kills, and Dovid is partial to treating with long lasting pesticides. However, when they are hired to treat a small area such as a single room or small dwelling unit, they will exterminate in the whole area and save the expense of using a bed bug sniffing dog.

The initial bed bug treatment often clears up the problem completely, but if not the company does offer follow up treatments as needed. If you live in the Baltimore area and need bed bug treatment, be sure to call the company office at 410-764-7500.

I think you can tell already, that director Dovid Davis understands every type of bed bug treatment. The company's decision to not use foggers and heat treatments is clearly based on a well thought out consideration of their uses and limitations. The company also employs bed bug sniffing dogs, but rightfully concludes that the dog's greatest contribution to pest eradication l is locating the bugs when the area infested is large.  The company director likes to use the strongest available pesticides, and to treat with residuals so that his treatment will retain their effectiveness for as long as possible. In short, by selecting A # 1 Pest Control for your personal pest eradication needs, you will be assured of getting a treatment based on sound intellectual principles.

The Social Significance of Having Bed Bugs

Bed bug infestations cause a physical discomfort, loss of sleep, and additionally a financial and social penalty. In the best case scenario, bed bugs cost more to eradicate than your typical insect; in the worse scenario the cost can rise sky high. A responsible assisted living center in Martin County, North Carolina willing handed over more than $100,000 to a pest control company to rid their center of bed bugs. Bed bug infestations also levy a stiff social toll when girlfriends, relatives, and friends learn that your abode is infected with the annoying bloodsuckers.

A New York comedian recently shed light on the at times painful social side effects of having bed bugs. One night the aspiring entertainer was successful in luring a new beau back to his apartment, but to his embarrassment she woke up the next morning with bed bug bites on her arms. The fragile relationship experienced difficulties to say the least. Parallel scenarios repeated themselves over and over again, eventually placing a serious burden on his social life. The apartment crisis soon cast a shadow on other social encounters. One night he was having dinner at an upscale eating establishment when a single bed bug dropped off his shirt and onto the table. It only takes one bed bug to clear a courtroom; obviously, the uninvited guest who decided to drop in for dinner was not welcome.

At times bed bug infestations can seriously strain family relations. A mother-in-law, accustomed to putting up with bed bugs, mistakenly thought her new daughter in law would feel the same way. The daughter and her husband received an invite to the parent's home for the Thanksgiving holiday. When the daughter saw the signs of bed bug bites in the morning, she moved her husband and herself to a local hotel. She threw away her entire set of luggage, and after returning home  she washed all her clothes in hot water and then dried them at high heat. The mother-in-law, who felt the response was extreme, wrote to an advice column. The newspaper columnist, however, was not sympathetic. She said the daughter's actions were appropriate. and ordered the mother-in-law  to cease finding fault with the daughter, pay her for all damages, and eradicate all the bed bugs in her home. Potentially, the advice helped to repair the relationship.

Landlord tenant relations can also significantly deteriorate, at times, when the loathsome vampire bugs are found in one of the apartments. In the very worst scenario, tenants
take their landlords to court, occasionally winning large settlements. At best landlords are more edgy as new ordinances define growing responsibilities for apartment owners whose dwelling units are bug infested.

More troublesome than the oft mentioned pain of infected bed bug bites is the social stigma and financial strain caused by this bug infestation. These two side effects of the insect plague help explain why the populace is so alarmed when the tiny bugs turn up in a dwelling. And the at times extremity of discomfort in these two factors helps illustrates why people are willing to pay large sums to get bed bugs out of their dwellings.


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Tracking the Bed Bug Epidemic

Biologist Tony Fountain and a team of workers are beginning to trace the current bed bug infestation using DNA tracing.

The current infestation began 10 years ago, shortly after the Sydney Olympics. Since that time it has spread world wide. The question researchers will seek to answer is exactly where the epidemic came from.

One theory is that the world wide bed bug infestation came from Africa. Tony and his team will therefore be going to Kenya. Whereas bedbugs had died out in much of the world for a number of years, possibly because of powerful insecticides, which are now banned, they have been present continually in Kenya.

Other theories about the bed bugs are that they emerged from tiny pockets in England. London in particular has a raging bed bug infestation at this time.

The world-wide infestation is costing millions of dollars to treat and has been the subject of law suits against infested hotels and against pest control companies who treated homes that became reinfected One particular use of the DNA testing will be to determine where infestations came from. If an exterminator treats a home and bed bugs return, genetic testing will tell the family whether the new infestation was related to the old infestation or not.