1. Bring Heat. Electric bed bug heaters are placed within the space; introducing and recirculating heated air with a target temperature not to exceed 135°F.
2. Monitor. Temperatures are monitored in real time from a remote location using wireless sensors to ensure lethal temperatures are reached without damaging the space and its contents.
3. Move Air. High temperature fans move heated air throughout the space to reach insects in cracks and crevices or high infestation zones

Advantages to Heat Treatment:

• Heat Treatment works where chemicals fail. No toxic fumes, no residue.
• Kills every life stage from egg to adult.
• Unlike chemicals bed bugs are attracted to heat – they won’t simply move to re-infest another day.
• Infested items will not need to be thrown away.
• Our trucks are discrete and the process is completed in one working day.

Heat Treatment is a proven non-chemical method of killing bed bugs. All life stages (adult, larva, and eggs) die within minutes at a temperature of 120 degrees F. Using 460 volt electric heaters powered by a trailer mounted diesel generator. Heat Treatment introduces temperatures greater than 120 degrees F(lethal temperature) and less than 140 degrees F (content damaging temperature).

Heat Treatment monitors temperatures in real time with 24 wireless sensors placed in treated areas to ensure lethal temperatures are reached throughout the area and its contents. High temperature blowers are positioned to move the heated air throughout the space, through mattresses, baseboards, cracks and crevices.

Depending on room furnishings, floor surfaces, clutter and square footage the treatment will take between 7 and 12 hours.

Bug Busters, Inc. is growing and is presently looking for dedicated, quality professional salespeople and pest technicians for our five (5) locations. We’ve been in business since 1984 and we’re dedicated to providing an excellent work environment for career minded individuals who join our team! Bug Busters, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.

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LINCOLN, Neb. — Fearing the costs of combatting bedbugs, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln fraternity is taking out insurance against an infestation.Sigma Phi Epsilon apparently doesn’t have a problem yet. But, with more than 75 people living in the house, the pests could migrate onto the premises.

The university has been battling bedbugs for several weeks. The pests have been detected in more than 50 dorm rooms.Bedbug problems also have been reported at two other Nebraska colleges.Bedbugs were reported in a residence hall at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, in south-central Nebraska. And a bedbug problem also was reported last week in two rooms at Chadron State College in the Nebraska Panhandle.

National Pest Management Association Reports an Increase in Insects of Foreign Origin

Invasive species, or insects of foreign origin, have increased in population and are causing serious problems for American homeowners.  According to the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), homeowners nationwide should remain vigilant to ensure protection against invasive insects – specifically Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) and Formosan Termites.

Homeowners should especially be aware of RIFAs, who set up quarters between boards and timbers, in cracks on concrete walls and belongings in homes.  They arrived in the United States in the 1930s and have progressively spread across the South and into parts of California and other western states.  RIFAs bite humans with their powerful jaws and sting repeatedly causing itchy blisters that can become infected.

Another prominent invasive insect is the Formosan Termite. This species entered the U.S. through military cargo shipments from East Asia after World War II.  They pose a greater threat than their native counterparts because they form larger colonies and tend to be more aggressive, thus consuming more wood at a much faster rate.  Formosan Termites are heavy contributors to the $5 billion in U.S. annual property damage caused by all species of termites.

Bug Busters USA recommends that homeowners consult a qualified pest professional to inspect the property and prescribe necessary treatments to keep their family healthy and their home safe. For more information on invasive insects and other pest issues, please visit www.pestworld.org and www.bugbustersusa.com.

Nancy C. Hinkle, Ph.D.

Dept. of Entomology
University of Georgia

Athens  GA

Insects are durable – winter never kills them all off.

But there are differences in numbers that survive truly harsh winters – with long periods of freezing temperatures – and numbers that persist through mild winters (such as we are currently experiencing).

Here in Georgia we never have temperatures that are severe enough to have much impact on insect populations.  Think about those warm days in any winter when insects are out and about despite snow a week earlier.  They have hunkered down and waited out the cold, then emerged to enjoy the warmth when it returned.

Some insects have antifreeze in their blood, which allows them to survive subfreezing temperatures with no damage.

Mosquito larvae can survive just fine under a sheet of ice covering their pool.  So it’s time to start checking for containers that hold water around your property.  Is there a bucket or tarp out there with a few cups of water in it?  Dump it and put it where the next rain won’t fill it.  Female mosquitoes are already looking for a place to lay their eggs and you don’t want to encourage them around your house.

Most insects have the ability to seek out warm spots to spend cold nights, either under the bark of trees or in cracks around our homes.  One good place to hide is the crawl space under buildings, where temperatures almost never reach freezing.  Another is culverts.  Storm drains provide a cave-like habitat that protects insects from low temperatures (and also provide a cool retreat on sweltering summer days).

A milder winter probably allows a higher proportion of an insect population to survive, thus giving it a head start on building up numbers in the spring.  But by mid-summer there will not be a noticeable effect on insect populations – we’ll just have a lot of bugs as usual!

Order Scutigeromorpha Family scutigeridae Scutigera coleoptrata House centipede, has much longer legs than typical centipedes, known to prey on cockroaches and other household pests,

Order Hemiptera Family Rhopalidae (Scentless plant bugs) Boisea trivittata Boxelder bug, highly specialized, feeds exclusively on the seeds of Acer (maple, boxelder)

Order Hemiptera Family Pyrrhocoridae (cotton Stainers) Dysdercus suterellus, found year round in gardens, parks, vacant lots & cultivated fields, feed on plants like hibiscus, citruses

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