Bed Bug Extermination
Bed Bug Information/General pest control
Bed Bug Experts
Reitz Pest Control is a well established pest control company that has built up an enviable reputation for eradicating Bed Bugs. Our goal is to meet and exceed the expectations of every customer.
We pride ourselves on our commitment to provide a professional and speedy service at all times, maintaining the highest quality of work.
We take on all levels of Bed Bug infestations, from small efficiency apartments to larger high rise apartment complexes, residential homes, retirement communities and Housing Authorities, all carried out to the highest standards, and at very competitive prices.
We pride ourselves on our commitment to provide a professional and speedy service at all times, maintaining the highest quality of work.
We take on all levels of Bed Bug infestations, from small efficiency apartments to larger high rise apartment complexes, residential homes, retirement communities and Housing Authorities, all carried out to the highest standards, and at very competitive prices.
BedBug Information
Bed Bugs Life Cycle
The life cycle stages of a bed bug are egg, nymph, and adult. The reason they are called bed bugs is that they readily infest mattresses, bed frames and box springs. Eggs are laid along the edges of or around buttons on the mattresses. Eggs can also be glued to rough surfaces. Bed bug females lay about 200 eggs, usually at the rate of three or four a day. Eggs are placed in cracks, crevices and other isolated and protected shelters. Females lay eggs after a blood meal. Eggs will hatch in one or two weeks into Nymphs. Newly hatched bugs (Nymphs) begin feeding immediately. At room temperature, and with an available food supply, the nymphal period will last 14 to 30 days. They shed their skin (Instar) five times before becoming adults. Bed bugs will mate soon after becoming mature, so the time from egg hatch to egg laying is 4 to 9 weeks, under favorable conditions. The average life span of the bed bug is 6-12 months and they feed every 10 days or so during this time. Bed bugs can survive many months without a blood meal and their reproduction is high.
BedBug Habits
The female lays eggs in cracks and crevices along the edges of mattresses, box springs and bed frames. Bed bugs also inhabit other cracks and crevices throughout infested rooms. These other areas include; behind picture frames, switch plate covers, loose wallpaper, under door and window casings, baseboards or along the edges of carpets.Bed bugs hide in cracks and crevices during daylight hours.They hide in the folds and tufts of mattresses, coils of springs, cracks and hollow posts of bed stands bed rails and headboards. They may be found in box springs, inside the cabinetry of furniture and the bottom and sides of drawers.Bed bugs may hide in upholstery of chairs and sofas.They are not restricted to these places, however.A second common source for bedbug infestation occurs in homes where bats, swallows, chimney swifts, pigeons, or other wild hosts have been roosting. Although similar in appearance, these bedbug species that normally feed on bats and birds can be differentiated from the Common Bedbug that prefer humans.The bat bed bug can and often feeds on humans. The bat bedbug has long hairs on it's body. Eliminate their bat hosts from the building and seal all openings so that bats cannot enter.
Home Extermination
We recommend regular preventative treatment outside and inside your home. We can target ants, bed bugs, bees, Carpenter Bees, Carpenter Ants, cockroaches, fleas, flies, gnats, spiders, wasps, hornets, mosquitos and more. You choose the schedule that works the best for you. Whether it’s monthly or quarterly, our preventative treatment will help to keep those pesky insects away.
- Termite Control
- Bed Bugs
- CockRoaches
- Silverfish
- Spiders
- Mice
- Earwigs
- Carpenter Ants
- Soil Ants
- Carpenter Bees
- Bats
- Fleas
- Ticks
- Mosquitos
Commercial Pest Control
If you’re a business owner, you can’t risk a pest control problem. Even the cleanest buildings have pest control issues and a single outbreak can bring a business bad publicity. We offer monthly preventative and corrective commercial pest control.
- Cockroaches
- Bed Bugs
- Bats
- Silverfish
- Spiders
- Pill Bugs
- Earwigs
- Carpenter Ants
- Mice
- Carpenter Bees
- Termite Control
- Fleas
- Ticks
- Mosquitos