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Bed bugs were once considered a thing of the past, but not anymore. If you are suffering from bed bugs in Delaware you arent alone. Bed bugs are increasingly becoming an epidemic throughout not just the Delaware region, but the world. Even expensive hotels and restaurants arent immune.

Bed Bugs can ruin not just your home but your health and happiness. You need someone you can trust to get rid of and control your Bed Bug infestation for good. If you think you have a Bed Bug problem call us today to schedule a free home inspection.

JEM Pest Solutions proudly provides expert pest control and Bed Bug extermination in Delaware. With over 22+ years experience weve helped over 20,000 homeowners manage and exterminate their Bed Bug and other pest problems. Let us help you!

Three Easy Ways To Identify A Bed Bug Infestation 1) You have bites on your body that resemble a pimple, mosquito bite or a welt. Important note: Not everyone will exhibit signs of bed bug bites.

2) Seeing bed bugs, their eggs, or exoskeleton shells.

3) Finding fecal matter left by the bed bugs or seeing stains that resemble blood spots on sheets or walls from bed bugs being inadvertently squashed.

Pests Commonly Confused with Bed Bugs

1) Fleas are commonly mistaken for bed bugs due to both their small size and their similar bite marks. Flea bites are actually more severe however, as they can transmit disease and pose other health hazards.

2) Ticks may also be confused for bed bugs due to their similar size and appearance. Ticks are solitary pests and do not congregate in the house.

3) Bat bugs look so similar to bed bugs that you would need a magnifying glass to see the difference.

Bed bugs are notorious hitchhikers. While its most sensationalized that you can pick up bed bugs from staying at a hotel with an infestation, you can just as easily pick them up simply by sitting in a movie theater, or putting your suitcase or book bag next to another that has bed bugs in it.

Three Reasons To Treat Your Bed Bug Problem Immediately

1) Although not known to transmit diseases, bed bugs nest in places where you are most susceptible to bites; beds, couches, and chairs. And while not everyone will have a severe allergic reaction to bed bug bites, why leave it to chance?

2) Bed bugs carry a social stigma with them. People with infestations are understandably embarrassed to talk about it, and find their social life suffering as they decline visiting other homes or having visitors in fear of spreading the bed bug problem.

3) Knowing your home has been invaded and compromised by bed bugs causes a great deal of stress, possibly resulting in fatigue, insomnia, irritability, and other ailments associated with psychological stress.

When you call JEM Pest Solutions youre calling a locally owned and operated company; we service the community we live in. We value your time, so when you call youll speak to a live operator and well schedule a service time that is convenient for you.

Each of our technicians is carefully screened during a lengthy interview process. We background check all employees and make them undergo extensive classroom and on the job training before they can service homes by themselves. When your doorbell rings, you can be confident that JEM Pest Solutions has sent a true professional to your home.

JEM Pest Solutions provides a zero obligation, free inspection and estimate. Our certified technicians will take the time and care to thoroughly explain treatment options, pricing and what is best for your situation. We believe in professional service that is convenient as well as effective.

Bed bugs are extremely adept at disappearing into any nook or cranny in your home. If not treated thoroughly the bed bugs can come back with a vengeance. JEM Pest Solutions has a comprehensive and systematic strategy for eradicating your bed bugs.

Homeowner Preparation: First we provide you with a prep list of things to do before JEM Pest Solutions arrives. This includes pulling furniture away from the walls, standing up the mattresses, and packing all clothing into sealed bags. This preparation is important as it allows JEM Pest Solutions to most effectively treat for bed bugs, which like to hide in any nook or cranny they can.

First Treatment: When JEM Pest Solutions arrives we will ask you and your family to leave, along with any pets, for 4 hours. The treatment we use is not harmful once it has been applied, but during the application of the treatment for extra safety precaution we ask that you leave the building.

Second Treatment: JEM Pest Solutions will return 7 10 days after the first treatment and retreat. Again, we will ask you to leave the premise for 4 hours while we treat. This second treatment will exterminate your bed bugs for good, and you and your family can return knowing your home is now safe from bed bugs.

For the past 22+ years weve helped protect over 20,000 homes. We are Delawares preferred Bed Bug Exterminator and Pest Control Company. Let us help you!

At JEM Pest Solutions, we guarantee our bed bug treatment plan for 30 days. If any new bed bug problems arise, we will treat immediately and at no cost to you.

Immediately means you are our priority not when we can fit you into our schedule.

For more details on our treatment schedule read our Home Protection Plan page or give us a call.

Your home is your largest investment. Let JEM Pest Solutions protect it against pests!

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Bed Bug Report for Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC

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DC traveler on 05/15/2013

5.5.13 Wonderful and raving reviews for the Washington Plaza Hotel. Absolutely no evidence of beg bugs. I brought bed bug spray just in case, but never had to use it.

The room was spacious, exceptionally clean, and accommodating. The staff - front desk, room delivery service, front door attendants, cleaning crew - were exceptionally friendly with over the top service.

I would recommend the Washington Plaza Hotel to everyone staying in the DC area.

Anonymous on 01/04/2011

I checked in last night 1/3/11 and within 15 minutes of walking into the room I spotted a bedbug crawling across the white sheets. I grabbed the plastic bag in the ice bin and caught the bug. I called the front desk and they offered to give me another room. Then a maid and maintenance worker came to my room and tried to play it off like it wasn't a big deal. The maid took the bug in the bag and would not give it back to me so I could bring it down to the front desk. She insisted that she would s

how it to them. I don't know if she ever did, but I have pictures of it, so it's all good.

I eventually just asked to check out and get a refund. I went to stay with a friend instead. The front desk people were not that accommodating, but not rude or anything. They didn't seem surprised at all though, which leads me to believe that this place has had reports before. A coworker stayed there 2 nights and was fine. Maybe it was just that one room. Who knows.

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Bed Bugs Pest Identification – General Pest Ohio

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After decades of virtually no reports, sightings or infestations, pest control professionals across the country are experiencing and upswing in the number of bed bug calls. Bed bugs have been around for hundreds of years and pestered Americans until the latter half of the 20th century when the use of the modern day insecticides became common. As a result, bed bugs became scarce here in the United States, but they continued to flourish in other countries. And thats where and how the current problem likely began. The increase and ease of international travel has provided bed bugs plenty of hosts (travelers) to ride with back to the States. Here are some answers to the questions commonly asked about bed bugs.

Bed bugs feed on the blood of humans and other warm blooded animals. These insects feed mostly at night when hosts are asleep, causing small, hard, swollen, white welts on the skin. The welts soon become inflamed and itch. Some people are bothered more by the bites than others.

Bed bugs and their relatives are not known to transmit human disease. The welts they cause can itch severely.

Adult bedbugs are reddish-brown to mahogany in color, oval shaped, and flattened. They vary from 1/4 up to 5/8 inch long. After a blood meal their body is swollen, more elongate, and appears to be more of a dull red color. They cannot fly but they do move quickly.

Three for four eggs are laid per day over two months. That means with favorable conditions (temperatures of 70 F and with regular feeding on blood) each female bed bug can lay about 200 eggs. Eggs hatch in as few as 6 days or as long as 28 days, depending upon conditions. When bed bugs bite they inject a fluid into the skin that assists in obtaining blood. This saliva also causes the skin to become irritated and inflamed. It takes about three to five minutes for the bed bug to become engorged and then it crawls away to a hiding place in a crack or crevice to digest the meal. Bed bugs will seek more blood when they are hungry but they are easily capable of going two to eight weeks and in extreme cases up to a year without a blood meal. In situations where they are allowed to thrive there may be three or more generations a year.

Bed bugs hide in cracks, crevices, and seams of bedding and furniture during the day. They prefer narrow crevices with a rough surface where their legs and backs touch both sides of the surface. Some common hiding spots include the crevices of upholstered furniture and mattresses created by folds, buttons, and cording; bed frames; dresser frames; cracks along and behind baseboards; behind pictures and in picture frames; loose wallpaper; drapery pleats; electrical outlets; window frames; door moldings; luggage; and just about any other narrow crack and crevice you can find in a room.

Prior to treating a room the bed linens should be removed and laundered. The floor and especially the perimeter along the baseboards should be thoroughly vacuumed. The closets need to be emptied and all the dresser drawers need to be emptied. The contents of the drawers and closets should be placed in large plastic bags (trash bags work well) and put in another room. Please consult our bed bug preparation notice for detailed instructions.

The treatment needs to be extremely thorough. The sides, cording, and folds of the mattress and box springs are treated but the surface on which people sleep is not. Bed bugs do not hide on the surface of the mattress but in the crevices and folds. The bed framing and headboard need to be treated. Once that is done then the entire perimeter of the room and ALL the possible cracks, crevices, and hiding places need to be inspected and treated. Remember, bed bugs feed at night and then crawl away to nearby cracks and crevices to digest their blood meal. Often times other rooms where there is upholstered furniture, futons, hide-a-beds, etc. need to be treated. The treatment is extensive, time consuming, and expensive. After the treatment is completed allow the area to dry completely and ventilate the room before using the bed or other treated furniture. This may take four hours or longer. A follow up visit should be scheduled within seven to ten days.

The difficulty in control has to do with finding all the hiding places. The more clutter in a room, the more pictures and wall decorations, and the more furniture are factors that increase the number of places that need to be treated. Remember bed bugs have the ability to hide in the smallest crack or crevice and go unnoticed for several weeks.

Bed bugs are hitchhikers. They grab a ride on luggage, baggage, furniture, bedding, boxes, and even clothing worn by people coming from infested sites.

If you are working in an infested room doing things like inspecting, painting, cleaning, vacuuming, etc, you are not going to take them with you. Recall that bed bugs hide in cracks and crevices during the day and search for a blood meal at night. Remember though that bed bugs are hitchhikers. They grab a ride on luggage, baggage, furniture, and bedding so be sure to inspect these items before they are removed from an infested home or apartment.

Bed bugs are capable of moving about in search of hiding places and a blood meal. Certainly, there may be some movement along common utility, plumbing, and cable lines in hotels, motels, apartments, and other multiple type dwelling places. More commonly bed bugs are spread between rooms by people sharing bedding, furniture, clothes, luggage, and other possessions. A good precaution to take once an infestation is identified is to treat the pipe holes, common plumbing and utility lines, and electrical outlets leading in and out of the room.

We have found that it is best to inspect and retreat the area seven to ten days after the initial control procedure. This allows time to evaluate the effectiveness of the process and reapply materials to the hard to reach areas. The need for additional treatments is determined by the amount of clutter, the number of hiding places, and the cooperation of the occupants. After the first treatment it is strongly recommended that the mattress and box spring be encased with zippered plastic covers. These covers are available from Target, Wal-Mart, Bed, Bath & Beyond, and the internet and cost anywhere from $10.00 to $40.00.

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How to Search Your Hotel Room for Bed Bugs | WIRED

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Caption: Signs of a heavy bed bug infestation on the bottom of a box springs. Photo: Lou Sorkin

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Caption: A screenshot showing the comparison tool of the Proof app.

Youre packed for your trip, your boarding passes are downloaded and then that little moment of terror hits. What if the hotel youre going to stay in has bed bugs? Its a real concern, but by being vigilant, you can reduce your chances of bringing home some unexpected souvenirs.

I dont put a lot of trust inonline hotel bed bug ratings or reports; infestation status can change from day to day, and there is no reliable way to verify that reviews are not fake.

Heres how I search for bed bugs when I arrive at a new hotel. I cant promise this is foolproof, but knowing how one slightly-paranoid entomologist deals with the threat of bed bugs might be useful to some readers.

Tools you will need: A flashlight, or the flashlight feature of your phone. Use your phone to take photos of anything suspicious.

What you are looking for: Bedbugs hang out near their food sourceyou. After feeding, bed bugs poop, creating tell-tale brown stains of your clotted blood. You typically wont see bugs they are fairly tiny and can scurry quickly but you will see these stains. You can find many itch-inducing photos hereto help you know what to look for.

1. Put your luggage in the bathtub when you arrive.Luggage is amajor way that bed bugs are moved from place to place. The bathroom has the fewest places for bed bugs to hide, and is the most vigorously cleaned part of a hotel room. If you actually find something suspicious in your search, you can grab your bags out of the tub and run away without risking contamination.

2. Tear the place up.Pull the bed away from the wall, if possible.Headboards fastened to the wall next to the bed are a great place for a flat little insect to stay.Shine your flashlight behind headboards and under beds.Strip the bed, right down to the mattress and bed springs to see whats underneath the sheets and mattress pad. Lift the mattress and box springs up and look underneath. If its a platform bed, inspect carefully under the springs and around the base.Pay special attention to the seams of mattresses and the box springs.These are spots the bugs like to hide in.

3. Check your sheets the next morning.When you get up the next morning, look for little blood stains or tiny rusty spots on your sheets.Reactions to bed bug bites vary widely, from no reaction at all to lots of swelling and redness. You may be one of the people that doesnt react with itching to the bed bug bites, so the presence of bites isnt always a reliable check.Bed bugs sometimes bite ingroups of three but so do fleas, so that isnt always definitive. Dont use luggage racks, closet shelves, or drawers during your stay unless you feel confident that they are bed bug free.

This video is an excellent walkthrough of what should be your standard drill when you travel. Bookmark it. At the end, there are also some good tips for how to negotiate with your hotel if you actually find bed bugs.

Bed Bugs: Theres an App for that.

Itd be handy if you could have all of this info on your phone so you dont miss any steps, and had photos of bed bugs and bed bug poop spots to compare to. Several different apps are on the market at prices ranging from free to $10 bucks.Every app I looked at was put out by a commercial entity, with the purpose of selling you something.

Most also had epically bad user interface (UI) design and graphics; it seemed like pest control companies just ported their vintage 1996 websites into a phone app. Im afraid I must also report there was some use of Comic Sans Fonts.

The problem with a commercially-created phone app is privacy. You hand over a lot of personal information when you install an app. I honestly didnt see much in terms of value added that would make it worth downloading any of these apps. I found joke apps pretending to be bed bug detectors for the purposes of freaking your friends out, and some highly bogus ultrasonic repelling apps that suggest they turn your phone into a sonic threat to bugs of all kinds. There is no evidence that bed bugs or mosquitoes are repelled by ultrasound. Dont waste your money.

Only one app stood out as slightly useful:Bed Bug Proof. (Important caveat: every few screens they try to sell you their product, a neem spray called Proof.) The inspection walk-through is a good overview, and if you give the app access to the photos on your phone, you can access a photo comparison tool. The user interface is clear and easy to use.

Happy Hotel Hunting.

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Insects Resembling Bed Bugs – Orkin.com

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Some insects, such as bat and barn swallow bugs, share the physical appearance of commonbed bugs.They all belong to the family Cimicidae. The physical differences such as the length of hairs on the thorax often are subtle and require magnification.All of these bugs have short, wide heads like those of the bed bug. Their bodies are broad and flat, enabling them to crawl into narrow crevices. All of them feed on blood, but the preferred source varies depending on species.For example, bat bugs prefer to feed solely upon bats.Furthermore, while bed bugs infest crevices, furniture and bedding within human homes, bat bugs inhabit the abandoned nests of bats, birds and other small mammals.

The poultry bug, also known as the Mexican chicken bug, also resembles the bed bug.Poultry bugs live on poultry farms and, unlike bed bugs, are parasites of birds and domestic fowl, such as turkeys, eagles and hawks.Bed bugs feed primarily upon human blood, although they may choose to feed on other warm-blooded animals as well.

Barn swallow bugs also appear similar to bed bugs. While both insects are approximately the same in color and size, barn swallow bugs are covered in long, silky hair. Barn swallow bugs inhabit the nests of cliff swallows and may inhabit human dwellings when birds migrate. Swallow bugs breed freely in summer and are capable of surviving without food for long periods of time by remaining semidormant.

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