Bed Bug Elimination

Bed bugs are the most stressful pest we treat, and the one where a rushed job costs the most. They hide in seams and voids, they survive months between meals, and a partial treatment simply spreads them into neighbouring rooms.

How to confirm it is bed bugs

Look at the bed itself before anything else:

• Small dark spots along the mattress seam, box spring and bed frame — digested blood
• Shed skins, translucent and insect-shaped, in folds and crevices
• Live insects roughly the size and colour of an apple seed, flat before feeding
• Blood spotting on sheets, especially near the edges of the mattress
• Bites in lines or clusters on skin exposed while sleeping — suggestive, but never proof on their own

Check the headboard, the seams of the box spring, the joints of the frame and the edge of the carpet nearest the bed. That is where they are, not out in the open.

How they arrive

Almost always by travel, in luggage, or on second-hand furniture. They are not a hygiene problem and they turn up in spotless homes, hotels and new buildings. In multi-unit buildings they also move between units through wall voids and along utility runs, which is why the treatment plan has to consider adjoining units, not only the one that reported the problem.

How we treat them

1. Inspection and scope. We confirm the species and find the harbourages. In an apartment or hotel that includes checking the units next door and above.
2. Prep list. You get a written list before we treat. Laundering on high heat and clearing access is a real part of the outcome, not busywork.
3. Treat the whole harbourage. Mattress, box spring, frame, baseboards, furniture joints and voids — not just where the bites happened.
4. Follow-up visits. Timed to when eggs hatch. Built into the plan from the start.
5. Confirm. We verify the room is clear rather than leaving you to wonder.

Treatments carry a written service guarantee.

Rentals, hotels and Airbnb

A bed bug report in a rental or a guest room is a business problem as much as a pest problem. We work with landlords and operators across Fredericton and Saint John, schedule around occupancy, keep the visit discreet, and document the treatment for your records. If you manage several units, tell us at the first call — treating one unit while its neighbours go unchecked is the most common reason a building keeps having outbreaks.