Bedbug problem worse than you might think

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. After being inundated with dozens of calls a day, a local exterminator says bed bugs are on the rise, but they can be stopped or at least slowed down. They say the problem is mostly because people dont know the correct ways to contain those pests, and its becoming a vicious cycle.

When youre in a bed bug panic Raymond Cummings, owner of Simply Pest Control, knows what to do.

For this season it has been completely bonkers. We are actually scheduling about two weeks out at this time, and have 50 to 60 calls coming in a day, he said.

Cummings says we are at a bed bug peak, and the little red vampires are everywhere, but it has nothing to do with the season, rather a fierce cycle.

People will take the items that they have and actually remove it from the home. They put it outside on the curb, and somebody comes by and picks it up, and god knows what happens to it. They might sell it at the flea market. They might sell it at a yard sale. The cycle continues, said Cummings.

Cummings says if you find an item with bed bugs you have to properly destroy it, like calling a garbage control of bringing it to a dump. Cummings doesnt want to cause alarm, but these six-legged creatures can spread quickly due to peoples denial.

They think its a spider bite or mosquito, said Cummings.

Cummings says that more times than not its a bed bug.

In the life cycle of 10 to 11 months they can have 200-250 eggs, and meanwhile thats spreading throughout the house, said Cummings.

Most bed bugs are found in apartments.

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Bedbug problem worse than you might think