Many children were once sent to bed with the short rhyme, “Good night, don’t let the bed bugs bite.”   For most, it was a silly saying that meant nothing. Bedbugs were eradicated in the 1940s in the United States and no longer a concern for many generations.   Unfortunately, the pesticide DDT was the method of eradication, and […]

According to pestworld.org’s recap of the 2018 Bugs Without Borders survey, “[a]lmost all (97 percent) pest professionals have treated bed bugs in the past year,” and the numbers are going up. Bed bugs are nasty, blood-sucking creatures that have become a true nuisance across the country. Their size, habits, and stealthy travel techniques make them nearly

Spiders are by far the most disliked of all insects. A spider crawling in your home could make you want to set the whole house on fire and just move somewhere else. And due to the fact that spiders breed in large quantities, where there is one spider there are often many more nearby. This

The bed bug has been around since humans began setting up houses and sleeping in the same location repeatedly. In the past they were considered just a nuisance pest, but with modern science we’ve figured out their ability to transmit diseases and on what level its possible. You’ve probably heard the saying “don’t let the

There’s no doubt about it. Bed bugs are one of the hardest pests to get rid of and one of the most frustrating problems.   After all, you spend nearly one-third of your life in your bed. And waking up in the morning with little itchy red bites all over your body doesn’t exactly make