Bed bugs are a solvable problem for you and your Broken Arrow pest control company. Bed bugs are a parasite that feed upon the blood of humans. They sneak into our beds at night and feed on us when we are most vulnerable. It’s vitally important that we protect our selves, and our loved ones from these invading insects because of the psychological weight of dealing with bed bugs in your home. So in this article, let us take a good hard look at bed bugs, their life cycle and what you and your Broken Arrow pest control company can do to protect yourself from these bloodsucking insects.

BED BUG HISTORY AND BROKEN ARROW PEST CONTROL

From everything that we can tell, we’ve had bed bugs as long as we’ve been around. Entomologists believe that these insects are a not so distant cousin of the bat bug. Bat bugs are a parasite that looks almost exactly like a bed bug and except that they feed on the blood of bats. it’s believed that when we were still living in caves, there were bats roosting above us. These bats were infested with bat bugs, and some of them decided to climb down the wall and taste a little bit of human blood. When they did, they liked what they found and decided to become bed bugs.

We know we’ve had bedbugs since then, because we have so many different writings and inscriptions about them from ancient civilizations. There are cave paintings that include pictures of bed bugs. The Romans wrote about bed bugs. During the middle ages, we have potions that use bed bugs as an ingredient. Even the Egyptians had a hieroglyph for The bed bug. 

Humanity was tortured with these until about the 1940s when a new pesticide showed up on the scene. DDT was a miracle when it showed up. It wiped out so many different insect problems. Many different people would take DDT and douse their bed, mattress, and sheets in this chemical. Then it was determined that these chemicals cause cancer. They were taken from the shelves and bed bugs almost were wiped off from the map during this time period. But ever since then, they’ve been making a come back and we find them more and more in our homes, and beds. Contact your Broken Arrow pest control company for help.

ELIMINATING BED BUGS

Many people when they find out that they have a bed bug infestation will go to the hardware store and try to use an over-the-counter solution. This is ineffective at best. These over the counter solutions use an outdated pesticide known as pyrethrins. These insects are very good at developing an immunity to pesticides and this particular family of pesticides is no different. They were used extensively against bed bugs in the 90s and have since become ineffective. That’s why it’s so important to contact a Broken Arrow pest control company for help when you have bed bugs issues.

So if you are having problems with bed bugs or any other parasites, then its time to contact a Broken Arrow pest control company that can help. Here at TermMax pest control, we are the best in the business when it comes to dealing with bed bugs, or any other insect. We service the greater Tulsa area, including Broken Arrow, Sand Springs, Sapulpa, Prattville, Jenks, Bixby, Claremore, Catoosa, Coweta, Owasso, Turley, and so much more. Call today for a free estimate. Check out our reviews! We’re here to help!