Common Pests

are tiny wingless insects that feed on the blood of warm blooded-animals. The bed bug has a football shaped outer shell that will expand as it fills up with blood. Like many other blood sucking insects, they insert a syringe-like "mouth" extension into the host's skin. Bedbugs will target any area of exposed skin.

These insects are referred to as "bedbugs" because they feed primarily while their host is asleep, making the most common area for the tiny insects to feed, hide, and lay their eggs in ...you guessed it ...your bed!

Couches, cloth chairs, bed frames, clothing, and any other dark protected area like inside walls and closed light fixtures can also become home to !

? can be found in just about in nook and cranny and can survive for several months without a warm blood meal. The bed bug is attracted to the host by both its warmth and the presence of C02 (carbon dioxide). Average feedings takes about five minutes or more. When full the bed bug will return to its hiding place.

How do get into your house?

are stowaways. They come into your home by way of luggage, furniture and bedding as it is moved into a new home ...especially in the case of used furniture.

Perhaps one should be more careful when purchasing second hand furniture. A careful visual inspection should result in detecting them, if any are present. Even a vacant or seemingly clean homes may have a bed bug problem. can survive for many months without any food. They can also move from one apartment to another through walls.

How dangerous are to humans?

The bite is more annoying than harmful. have never been known to transmit diseases to humans, but as the skin is pierced by the bug to draw blood, they release some saliva into the broken skin, leading to more itch and swelling than you experience with a typical mosquito bite. Some people don't react to the bites or saliva exposure at all.

Controlling infestations of

Since can hide in so many places, they are not easy to eradicate. Unless you hire an expert that knows where to look for them, as well as how to get rid of them. Assassin Pest Management has a plan that will send your on a “permanent” vacation!