You've just enjoyed a weekend with your son or daughter home from college.
A couple good meals and a round or two of laundry and they're off again.
But your student may bring home something in their laundry that hangs around after they've gone back to campus.
Boston area colleges, like universities in other areas of the country, are reporting bedbug infestations in dorms and student housing.
Community officials around colleges in Boston, Cambridge, Brookline and Brighton took note of the moving vans and piles of upholstered furniture arriving on campuses during move-in week, and warned students to keep their eyes open for the potential of bedbugs.
Several hotels in Boston, Cambridge, Brookline and Brighton have been listed on bedbugreport.
com, a website that reports bedbug incidents.
Bedbugs often go undetected for quite awhile, making it easy for them to hide in the laundry your son or daughter brings home.
Even if your student starts out with fresh sheets and towels, clothes dumped out on beds, furniture or carpet can quickly become a new home for bedbugs that have gone undetected.
And bedbugs and the eggs they lay can commute home on the weekend in the laundry bag.
There are a lot of skin-crawling reports about the bedbug epidemic.
But there is little information about how to get rid of bedbugs.
Before you can get rid of bedbugs, you first have to know you have them.
Despite all the hoopla, bedbugs are tiny and come out for short periods of time in the dark.
Play detective and look for signs that include dark spots on bedding and mattresses, which can be blood, eggs or dead bugs.
A dead bedbug looks like a tick or tiny cockroach.
Bedbug bites are small and often are not felt for quite awhile.
Most doctors don't easily identify them either.
Heritage Pest Control has seen a surge of bedbug problems in college towns like Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Brighton.
We've gotten calls asking how to get rid of bedbugs once students have gone back to school and brought home their laundry.
There are a lot of home remedies out there.
But chances are, if your bedbug problem is big enough to see, it's time to call in professionals.
We typically use a two-step process to get rid of bedbugs and make sure they don't come back.
But we don't jump to any conclusions and recommend any treatments that you don't actually need.
It's usually best for us to come survey the situation in person so we can give you the most effective solution for the best price.
A couple good meals and a round or two of laundry and they're off again.
But your student may bring home something in their laundry that hangs around after they've gone back to campus.
Boston area colleges, like universities in other areas of the country, are reporting bedbug infestations in dorms and student housing.
Community officials around colleges in Boston, Cambridge, Brookline and Brighton took note of the moving vans and piles of upholstered furniture arriving on campuses during move-in week, and warned students to keep their eyes open for the potential of bedbugs.
Several hotels in Boston, Cambridge, Brookline and Brighton have been listed on bedbugreport.
com, a website that reports bedbug incidents.
Bedbugs often go undetected for quite awhile, making it easy for them to hide in the laundry your son or daughter brings home.
Even if your student starts out with fresh sheets and towels, clothes dumped out on beds, furniture or carpet can quickly become a new home for bedbugs that have gone undetected.
And bedbugs and the eggs they lay can commute home on the weekend in the laundry bag.
There are a lot of skin-crawling reports about the bedbug epidemic.
But there is little information about how to get rid of bedbugs.
Before you can get rid of bedbugs, you first have to know you have them.
Despite all the hoopla, bedbugs are tiny and come out for short periods of time in the dark.
Play detective and look for signs that include dark spots on bedding and mattresses, which can be blood, eggs or dead bugs.
A dead bedbug looks like a tick or tiny cockroach.
Bedbug bites are small and often are not felt for quite awhile.
Most doctors don't easily identify them either.
Heritage Pest Control has seen a surge of bedbug problems in college towns like Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Brighton.
We've gotten calls asking how to get rid of bedbugs once students have gone back to school and brought home their laundry.
There are a lot of home remedies out there.
But chances are, if your bedbug problem is big enough to see, it's time to call in professionals.
We typically use a two-step process to get rid of bedbugs and make sure they don't come back.
But we don't jump to any conclusions and recommend any treatments that you don't actually need.
It's usually best for us to come survey the situation in person so we can give you the most effective solution for the best price.