Our Bed Bug Detectives Will Save You Money!
Normally, bed bugs are not so easily seen and it requires meticulous inspection techniques that take hours, and still, there is still some uncertainty of the exact location of all of the infested areas. Lady Bug offers bed bug inspections using detection dogs and traditional inspections with a licensed pest control technician.
Due to a dog’s keen sense of smell, a trained dog can detect bed bugs even inside wall voids around electrical outlets, behind baseboards, light sockets, even under carpets. Watch this short video to see them in action!
An inspection done with a dog allows us to find the exact location of the problem in a very short time, making our treatment more accurate, and less costly. It’s less time consuming for both the pest control technician, and the customer. With a traditional inspection a room would have to be cleared out to have accessibility to all of the possible infestation sites. There is less work and preparation for everyone involved, especially for the customer when we know exactly where the problem is using detection dogs.
Bed Bug Detection Dogs are a great tool for property managers to certify a residence is free from bed bugs prior to a move in. If you have travelled and suspect you brought home some unwanted visitors, this is an ideal way to know if you have a bed bug issue. There are many situations to use bed bug detection dogs, such as assisted living residences, office buildings, used furniture stores, apartments, hospitals and residential homes.
What are Bed Bugs?
They are quite small, parasitic insects. When fully developed a bedbug is a brown and reddish color, oval shaped and does not have wings. A bed bug infestation can be hard to get rid of. It’s important to call a professional as soon as you find out you have them.
Bed bugs can live in any furniture, clothing, or bedding, so they may be present in used furniture or clothing. Bed Bugs spread by crawling and may contaminate multiple rooms in a home or even multiple dwellings in apartment buildings. They may also be present in boxes, suitcases, or other goods that are moved from residence to residence or from a hotel to home. Bed bugs can live on clothing from infested homes and may be spread by a person unknowingly wearing infested clothing.
Bed bugs bite and suck blood from humans. Bed bugs are most active at night and bite any exposed areas of skin while an individual is sleeping. The face, neck, hands, and arms are common sites for bed bug bites. The bite itself is painless and is not noticed. Small, flat, or raised bumps on the skin are the most common sign and redness, swelling, and itching commonly occur. If scratched, the bite areas can become infected. A peculiarity of bed bug bites is the tendency to find several bites lined up in a row.
Getting rid of bed bugs will require treatment by a pest control expert. Lady Bug uses a variety of Eco Friendly products to eradicate bed bugs. These must be applied to all areas where the bugs are observed as well as spaces where they may crawl or hide.
How do they spread?
Bed bugs can live in any furniture, clothing, or bedding, so they may be present in used furniture or clothing. We recommend only buying used furniture from someone you know, who will disclose if they have bed bugs or not. Bed Bugs spread by crawling and may contaminate multiple rooms in a home or even multiple dwellings in apartment buildings. They may also be present in boxes, suitcases, or other goods that are moved from residence to residence or from a hotel to home. Bed bugs can live on clothing from infested homes and may be spread by a person unknowingly wearing infested clothing.
Bed Bugs in Hotels and Prevention While Traveling 
Since the bed bugs can arrive on the clothing or in the suitcases of guests from infested homes or other hotels harboring the pests, hotels can be an easy target for bed bug infestations.
Many news reports have focused on the discovery of bed bugs in upscale hotels, and a number of lawsuits have been filed by guests in these fashionable hotels who awoke to find hundreds of bed bug bites covering their skin. Searching on travel-review web sites regularly reveals information and even photos confirming the presence of bed bugs in numerous hotels.
You can also inspect your hotel room and bed before staying the night, pulling off the bed sheets. Look around the mattress corners for evidence of bed bugs or their fecal material ( black pepper looking speckles ). To reduce your risk of transporting them home, keep your suitcase on the luggage rack and off the floor, and do not put your clothes in the drawers.
Bed Bug Bites 
Bed bugs bite and suck blood from humans. Bed bugs are most active at night and bite any exposed areas of skin while an individual is sleeping. The face, neck, hands, and arms are common sites for bed bug bites. The bite itself is painless and is not noticed. Small, flat, or raised bumps on the skin are the most common sign; redness, swelling, and itching commonly occur. If scratched, the bite areas can become infected. A peculiarity of bed bug bites is the tendency to find several bites lined up in a row.
Bed Bug Treatment
Getting rid of bed bugs will require treatment by a pest control expert. Lady Bug uses a variety of Eco Friendly products to eradicate bed bugs. These must be applied to all areas where the bugs are observed as well as spaces where they may crawl or hide.
Usually treating for bed bugs is typically not an easy process, and beds cannot readily be treated with toxic insecticides. It’s often necessary to discard infested mattresses, box springs, and furniture. Often you need to do deep-cleaning such as scrubbing infested surfaces with a stiff brush to remove eggs, dismantling bed frames and furniture, filling cracks in floors, walls, and moldings, encasing mattresses within special bags, or using a powerful vacuum on cracks and crevices.
With Lady Bug’s All Natural Cedar Treatment, we make it EASY. We can effectively treat the most difficult infestations with the least amount of inconvenience to our customers. Our treatment penetrates the depth of cracks and crevices where the bed bugs hide, killing 100% of the eggs and adults. We offer the maximum result with the least clean up effort for our customers and we reduce the expense of having to throw out furniture.
