The Pest Control Authority

Testimonial:

"We were having an ant problem and had family coming for the weekend. I called at about 5 p.m. on a Friday and the serviceman came that evening on his way home. He treated and the ants were gone the next day."

– Michelle

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Bed Bug Information

Common Bed Bug Facts (PDF)

Bed Bug Life Cycle (PDF)

• Adults are 1/5"x 1/8" oval flat and reddish brown to mahogany in color (about the size of a tick).
• Bedbug eggs are white and about 1/25" (1 mm) long.
• Females lay 1-5 eggs per day up to about 200.
• At normal room temperature eggs hatch in 6-17 days.
• Nymphs shed their skin five times as they mature. Each time they shed they need a blood meal. This takes about 14-30 days.
• Bed bugs are very hardy and can live up to a year without food.
• Bed bugs can overwinter in unheated buildings and live.
• Adults live six to seven months up to eighteen months.
• Bed bugs are excellent hiders and hitchhikers. They are extremely shy and wary
• They can live/go anywhere people are.
• They are most active at night.
• Bedbugs in the home usually begin to infest the bedrooms in the mattresses, box springs and nearby furniture (close to their food source).
• Currently bedbugs are invading multiple and single family housing, dormitories, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, theaters, day care centers, airports, planes, public transportation, public places, offices, hotels, motels, etc.