Bed Bug Resources

Our Pest Control Service Areas

Tips for Shopping at Thrift Stores

Carefully inspect the item(s) that you are interested in purchasing. Pay particular attention to:

Check both exterior and interior corners and crevices for signs of bed bug activity (see photo insert), which includes

• Live and dead bed bugs
• Fecal dots /stains
• Cast skins
• Eggs

• 
• 

Bed bugs (reddish-brown), eggs (white), cast skins (yellow) and fecal dots (black).

• Inquire with shop owners or managers whether a system is in place to ensure that used items do not contain bed bugs and other pests. Ask for details to your satisfaction.
• Point out to the shop manager when items of interest look like they could be infested.
• Do not bring suspicious items into your transportation or residence or workplace without having them inspected by someone who is experienced with bed bugs.

If treatment of items is necessary, options can be obtained from the following sources:

Franklin County Board of Health &  Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force http://centralohiobedbugs.org/

Ohio State Univ.

Entomology Extension http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/pests.html

Pest management professional

http://www.varmentguard.com

National Pest Management Association

http://www.pestworld.org/For-Consumers

Email: info@pestworld.org; Phone:(703) 352-6762

bed bugs Columbus, Ohio are small, usually just 1/6th to 1/5th inch in size. They are reddish-brown in color, but as they feed they become redder. Small claws are used to attach themselves to the victim. Columbus bed bugs will feed for up to 10-15 minutes off a host before becoming full.

They leave behind on the host a large inflamed spot that is painful and itches. Common bite areas include the face, neck, hands, and arms. There are several signs of bed bug infestation beyond bed bug bites, bed-sheets will typically have tiny specks of blood and the castoff skins of bed bugs may be found in cracks and crevices of a bed frame. An infested room will have an obnoxious sweet smell. Columbus Ohio Bed bugs will also leave small droppings.

bed bugs in Columbus, OH will not just hang out in beds either; contaminated clothing will transfer bedbugs into your dressers, suitcases, laundry-hampers, furniture, etc. They can also be found behind pictures, wallpaper, in cracked floorboards—they are great at finding hiding places. Varment Guard offers a wide variety of Columbus bed bug extermination service plans; custom selected for your insect infestation and property requirements.

Bed Bugs Columbus, Ohio:

• Bed Bugs Columbus, Ohio
• Columbus, OH Bed Bugs
• Bed Bug Inspections Columbus Ohio
• Columbus Bed Bug Exterminator

 

 

---