Summary
- A pheromone trap for bed bugs
- Steam treatment, an eco-friendly solution
- Pesticides to kill bed bugs
- Dog bed bug detectors
Bed bugs are a plague in Quebec. This little insect is a tiny night vampire. Getting rid of bed bugs becomes a nightmare!
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The insect feeds on your blood to live and reproduce. If one morning you find that you have bites and red welts on your body, you will need to consider a bed bug infestation in your home. It’s a nightmare that keeps you from sleeping, triggering stress and anxiety. We must react quickly!
At A Bas Prix Extermination, your pest control expert in Montreal provides you with practical advice and concrete solutions to try to eliminate the bed bugs that have settled in your home… If this advice is not enough, it’s because the infestation is already too large, call an exterminator whose experience with Lectarius cemeteries is proven.
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A pheromone bed bug trap
The bed bug is attracted by the carbon dioxide that is expelled by your breath. Since it needs your blood to feed and reproduce, it only needs to be guided to you to find what it needs: like a mosquito, it “bites” to suck your blood.
In addition to carbon dioxide, humans release histamine, a hormone that is synthesized in inflammatory cells, gastric parietal cells, and neurons. This molecule signals to bed bugs the presence of a victim to bite: you! But the nightmare doesn’t stop there. The bugs have the ability to communicate with each other by sending volatile pheromones. Once a bed bug has spotted a prey (you again), it sends the message to its fellow breeders who come in reinforcements to take advantage of the good deal.
Scientists have conducted research on histamine. They noticed that this molecule caused attractiveness but also a certain immobilization of the bug, which thus remains in place.
The idea then came in a laboratory to synthesize histamine and create chemical lures and traps based on this molecule to attract bed bugs. This process is still under study.
Steam treatment, an eco-friendly solution
Steam treatment is an eco-friendly method, but be careful because for this technique to be truly effective, it requires a lot of time and attention. No area should be overlooked! Steam treatment is therefore often supplemented by action with an insecticide product.
It is often by combining these two techniques that experts achieve the best results in eradicating bed bugs from a house or condo.
Pesticides to kill bed bugs
There are pesticides to combat bed bug infestations. But if these products are misused, they can be harmful to your health, the environment, and the ecosystem. Moreover, if the pesticides are not effectively dispersed, they can increase the development of the infestation.
The mission of the pest control expert is to analyze in detail the infested area to determine the number of bed bugs present, their favorite locations, their population, their nests, and their eggs.
Delimiting infested areas allows for better targeting of consumption and rational use of insecticide products.
Once diagnosed, the exterminator offers a targeted treatment and a sustainable solution to get rid of the insects invading your home. Before our intervention, the client will need to clean the affected clothing and textiles.
The first treatment consists of destroying and peeling the eggs and larvae by applying dry steam to the nesting areas. Then, the pest control expert will spray the insecticide to eliminate the adult insects. For the treatment to be effective, it is recommended to repeat the operation at least 3 times, leaving 10 days between each, which is the reproduction time to kill all the eggs. If just one egg remains, the bed bug invasion starts again!
After each procedure, our exterminator will carry out a rigorous follow-up and write a detailed report with photos. He will indicate the points of vigilance to monitor for the sustainable eradication of the contamination. Treating bed bugs requires a meticulous procedure and a rigorous preparation protocol to ensure the effectiveness of the curative intervention.
Dog bed bug detectors
A new solution has recently emerged to combat these invasive insects: bed bug detecting dogs. These dogs are specially trained to detect infested areas very precisely.
Once the nest is identified, our expert applies dry steam (180°C) to destroy the insects, their eggs, and their larvae. The treatment, without the use of chemical insecticides, is healthy for the environment and does not cause harmful effects for you, your family, or your pet.
For more effectiveness, the exterminator uses an insecticide product that is not available commercially but is obtained through professional approval.
With the advice of our expert technicians, you will be able to implement the best practices to prevent further infestations. A Bas Prix Extermination is renowned for its expertise and the quality of its service. Our team works around Montreal, Laval, Terrebonne… for individuals and professionals such as hotels and restaurants.
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