Bed Bug Treatment Services in The Torbay Area

If you have bedbugs in your home or at your business then you have a problem that is not going away easily, without expert help. Pest Professionals in Torbay can help to provide you with instant advice and help if you have a bed bug problem in two very easy and effective stages:

The no obligation phone consultation service applies to both residential and business customers in the Torbay area. No bed bug job is too big or too small for us to look at. Where appropriate we are able to advise on any immediate action needed to protect your well being, property or possessions in advance of a visit. If a visit is called for we let you know if there will be a call out fee and also advise on the probable fees of any bed bug treatment should it be required.

Bed Bug Problems

Bed bugs are a rapidly growing problem in the UK both in residential and paid-for accommodation environments. They are expert hitch hikers and if you start getting bitten in your sleep not long after a trip away from home or in a new property, they could be the reason.

Bed bugs prefer to live alongside their blood meal. They have a flat profile and can harbour in the smallest of gaps and openings between joints in the bed or bedroom furniture, or behind head boards. The seams of mattresses are another preferred harbourage point and bed bug mattress encasements should be considered as a measure to cut down on bites quickly. Bed bugs emerge at night, reacting to changes in your carbon dioxide output when you are sleeping. They use their mouth parts to pierce the skin, injecting an anti-coagulant and anti-biotic all at once so they can immediately feed on your blood without having you sensing it. They tend to feed for 5-15 minutes until they are full, which can result in them being three times their ordinary size.

Bed Bug Bites and Effects

There is no one typical reaction to bed bug bites. We have come across premises with severe infestations, yet the occupants show no signs of bites. Others may experience a row of reddish bites and for others a true irritation. One of the most common and very real consequences of a bed bug infestation is psychological, causing inhabitants to be unable to sleep and (not that uncommonly) go through considerable stress and trauma.

Bed Bug Identification

Bed bugs are often mistaken but are not difficult to identify. An adult bed bug is 4-5mm in length and easily visible to the human eye. They are six-legged and have two prominent antennae projecting from the head near to the eyes. They have five defined life stages with nymphs being small and often translucent. Eggs are about 1mm long, and white or yellowish in colour.

Bed Bug Signs

Because they hide so easily it can be very difficult to find bed bugs. However, after they have fed they are often too big to get into their hiding place and need to excrete to get back into a safe place. This leaves black spotting around their living area, which can be seen by the human eye. There are a number of bed bug monitors available. We recommend the Cimexine Bug Drawer Monitor which has a quick-view window allowing you to check for bed bugs without having to risk coming into contact with them.

Bed Bug Treatment

Bed bugs are one of today’s problem pests due to the fact that they are hard to locate, and very hard to kill. They are proficient in developing resistance to even professional strength insecticides and regrettably you are extremely unlikely to have any success tackling the problem yourself. We specialise in bed bug removal regularly independently test the insecticides available to pest controllers against bed bugs that we know have developed resistance to insecticides. We know which ones are the best and which ones attain only substandard results. We recommend heat treatment for bed bugs when the outbreak is well established, including GUARANTEED BED BUG ERADICATION through our sister company Cimexine.

If you need sound advice or quick solutions to bed bug problems anywhere in Torbay or the surrounding towns and villages – get in touch.