Bed Bugs

Bed bugs are found all across the U.S. – including Oregon and Washington. They are most likely to occur in urban areas where population size, apartment living and increased mobility fuel their rapid spread and breeding.

Bed Bug Identification

  • Adult bed bugs are brown to reddish-brown, less than 1/4-inch long, broad and nearly as flat as a sheet of paper.
  • After feeding, the adults become bloated and dark red. 
  • Nymphs are very tiny and almost clear. 
  • Eggs are pearly white, and only 1 mm long, making them very difficult to see with the naked eye.
  • Bed bug bites usually look like a row of red welts. They may be itchy or irritating, especially for those who are sensitive or allergic to the bed bug bite. But some people have no reaction to or physical evidence of a bed bug bite.

Bed Bugs: The Problems

  • Bed bugs enter on people, bags, furniture or other items that have come from an infested area. Once inside, they are most often found around beds, thus their name, but they will seek shelter in other areas as well, such as in couches, behind picture frames, on night stands and under carpeting. 
  • They mature very quickly, lay hundreds of eggs, and can live up to a year.
  • Bed bugs bite! Although they are not known to spread disease, their bite can be itchy and irritating.

How do you know if you have bed bugs? 

You may …

  • See a bed bug crawling on your bed, couch, walls, floor, etc.
  • Wake up with bed bug bites. 
  • See blood drops or lines from the bed bug feeding.
  • See bed bug fecal matter, which looks like small black dots or smears where the bed bugs shelter – in the seams of the mattress or box spring, behind the headboard, etc.

Pioneer Bed Bug Management

Because bed bugs can hide in so many places, they can be difficult to detect, an infestation can build (or rebuild) from a single reproductive pair of bed bugs, and control is intensive and requires the use of professional products. So it is critical that you contact Pioneer Pest Management immediately if you find any signs of bed bugs.

To treat your residence or place of business:

  • First we inspect thoroughly to confirm the presence or absence of bed bugs. 
  • Our inspection includes the services of Grissom, Pioneer Pest Management’s bed bug dog.
  • If bed bugs are found, we treat all areas 
  • We will provide guidance and recommendations to help you to prepare for our service, enable us to access all needed areas, and reduce the chance of re-infestation.
  • We will treat all areas in which bed bugs are found, returning as many times as it takes to achieve control.
  • Unfortunately a single service cannot eliminate bed bugs. A typical program includes an intensive initial service followed by follow-up visits over several months. 
  • We can also provide preventive treatments to help keep infestations from occurring or from spreading.

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