In the past five to 10 years, the bed bug population has experienced a population growth. Some people point to reduced levels of pesticides such as DDT as the culprit. Others consider the explosion of the bed bug population to be cyclical and something that will slowly die out over the next few years. Regardless of the reasons for this happening, it doesn’t diminish the fact that there are homes and businesses that are suffering from bed bug infestations and are in need of effective bed bug treatment in Charleston, SC.
The first thing to understand is that bed bugs are extremely difficult to get rid of. Bed bugs like to nest in out-of-the-way places but not so far out of the way that they don’t have an impact on people. Because they are nocturnal and feed off of the blood of humans, they may nest in areas that people can’t see, such as in book spines, mattresses, and furniture, and they may be in close proximity to people sleeping or sitting on a piece of furniture so they can feed off of them.
Doing a great deal of washing and drying of clothing, bedding, and other materials can help get rid of nesting bed bugs. There is also a wide range of insecticides that can reduce a bed bug population, which can be a viable bed bug treatment in Charleston, SC.
However, these insecticides can cause problems for humans and the pets that live in the homes that are treated with these chemicals. That’s why the most effective treatment is heat. Steam, as well as temperatures that are above 120 degrees for at least four hours, will effectively kill bed bugs and their eggs, hatched or not. Professional exterminators have special equipment to heat up a home for a four-hour length of time to ensure that all the bugs are killed at once.
Heat may be a bit of a low-tech approach to dealing with a bug infestation, but that is the best option for many bed bug infestation issues. If you’d like to know more about this and other types of bed bug treatments, whether your home or business is infested with these pesky creatures, you may want to visit the site to see what a professional exterminator can do to get your bed bug problem under control.
