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A Missouri appeals court ruled that an apartment owner did not do enough to eradicate bed bugs and must return a tenants rent. The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a lower courts decision and ordered the apartment owner to return the tenants rent of $405. The company had sought an additional months rent and cleaning fees as well, since the tenant broke the lease.

A few weeks after moving in, the tenant notified the apartment owner that a dermatologist had determined the red welts on her and her daughters bodies were caused by bed bugs, and that she planned to leave the apartment.

The apartment owner called a pest control company, which said it found no evidence of bed bugs, but sprayed the rental unit. Court records indicated the property owner did not follow the pest companys recommendation to spray the apartment two to four times to kill any bed bugs that could be present.

The apartment owner then notified the tenant that there were no bed bugs and she should look for a different source for the bites. Instead, the tenant moved out and the property owner filed suit. The tenant won, and the company appealed the decision.

Bed bugs are back, and they are a real challenge for rental property owners. It will be interesting to see what other lawsuits and regulations spring up in response.

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Bed bugs are a common pest throughout Missouri, the United States, and many parts of the world. They are excellent hitchhikers and can easily be moved from place to place on personal belongings such as bags, coats, and other items.

Because bed bugs can be picked up so easily, they can be found anywhere that people can be found! This includes private homes, hotels or motels, movie theaters, schools, and many other places around the community.

Bed bugs are not a new pest, although reports and complaints of bed bugs have been increasing in the last several years. The increase is likely the result of many things including more frequent travel, lack of knowledge about bed bugs and prevention steps, resistance of bed bugs to widely available pesticide products, and other factors. While bed bugs are an inconvenient pest to encounter, the good news is that they do not transmit diseases!

To learn more about bed bugs, click through the resources above. Please note that some of the information was developed by other states. Those materials are very informative but may reference programs or services that are not available in Missouri.

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People use to think of bed bugs as a cute, make believe bedtime clich Sleep tight, dont let the bed bugs bite. The truth is they are quite real and far from cute! Bed bugs have been a known human parasite for thousands of years and have been in the United States since the 17th century. By the 1940s, bed bugs were all but eliminated, but due to the banning of effective but harmful chemicals and increased international travel, bed bugs have made a big time come back.

Steves Pest Control is proud to offer Heat Treatment and the RX Heat Treatment System for the complete elimination of bed bugs. Click here to read about Steves Bed Bug Heat Treatment Warranty. Rather than using merely chemical treatments that require multiple treatments, large amounts of pesticide, and a lot of preparation performed by the client, Steves Heat Treatment penetrates the entire area, requires only one treatment, requires little to no pesticide and has far less preparation. Best of all the problem is eliminated in one day! Heat Treatment is a newer technology that Steves Pest Control has been using since 2010. Heat is strategically placed throughout the treatment area until reaching a desired temperature between 125-140. We not only reach this temperature in the open air space but inside the walls, beneath carpet and other floor surfaces, bedding, furniture, clothing and all other contents. Powerful air movers and digital temperatures sensors are strategically placed throughout the treatment area(s) to distribute and monitor the air and its accurate temperature. Once all areas have reached 125 we sustain that minimum temperature for 2-4 hours. After the service has been completed will have successfully killed all eggs, nymph and adult bed bugs.

Many of our technicians have completed specialized training on the RX Heat treatment system, and weve invested in four heat systems. Were proud to offer this new technology to the mid-Missouri market. Our goal with the RX Heat program is total bed bug elimination. Click hereto view a video about how the treatment technology works.

For businesses such as hotels, motels, hospitals, apartments and dorms, we recommend scheduling regular bed bug inspections throughout the year. These kinds of business are especially susceptible to bed bug invasion because the business hosts a relatively transient population people come and go often.

Bed bugs find new locations to invade by hitchhiking from one location to another on luggage, clothing and people. Its important for businesses with transient populations to keep a regular schedule of bed bug inspections because new people are coming in constantly. Every new visitor is a potential bed bug carrier, and new invasions are possible at any time.

Click here to learn more about bed bugs, and to see the Steves Pest Control team inspect a hotel. Click here to schedule a bed bug treatment. Click here to contact us about a bed bug inspection.

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FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: @JWhiteBBTV - http://twitter.com/jwhitebbtv - http://tv.bedbugcentral.com - In this episode, Jeff talks about different ways to help you determine if bed bugs are present in your home. Many times people are dealing with infestations, their homes are treated and they want to know how to tell if the bugs are gone. BedBug Central uses the "50-60 day rule" in that we want to see the people in the homes go 50-60 days without seeing any bugs or receiving any bites. . The reason we use 60 days is that bugs feed every 10 days or so and eggs take about 10 days to hatch. What we're starting to see is that when you apply pesticides to control bed bugs, it can cause the bugs to act "odd" and sometimes not feed at their regular interval. It has been documented that bugs may go into a "non-feeding" period after pesticide exposure due to adverse conditions. This 60 days allows the bug time to come out and feed, even if it has been affected by pesticide exposure. You can also consider using interception devices or other monitors to help you determine if you still have a problem but keep in mind that there is no 100% definitive way to determine if you still have a problem. That being said, if you know you react to bed bug bites and perform inspections on the beds in the home and use the 50-60 day rule, there is a good chance that the bugs have in fact been eliminated.

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