Six Facts You Didn’t Know about Bed Bugs If you follow the news and have seen all the attention bed bugs have received in the past few years, you might think you know all there is to know about this pest: They feed on humans while they sleep, they cause itchy, red bumps and they are hard to get rid of! But these pesky insects have a lot of secrets that you might be surprised to learn. Check out these… Read more »

[div class=”list_sqaure”] One Family’s Campaign against Bed Bugs This article was originally posted at The Globe and Mail When our second treatment didn’t seem to work, I called Chris Ashby, an entrepreneur who started the company BC Bug after battling bedbugs for months, becoming increasingly frustrated with the companies he was using. Chris was sympathetic and offered a quick treatment at a discount since I had already doled out so much money. Ivan, our junk removal guy, also offered up… Read more »

Live Bed Bugs Found in Vancouver Library Books This article was originally posted at The Globe and Mail According to Denise Louzecky at BC Bug, a Vancouver-owned pest control company, books are not ideal places for bugs to live and survive, but they will occasionally nest in them. “People fall asleep with a book in their bed or on their bedside table,” Ms. Louzecky explained. She said bugs may choose to nest there because it’s close to where they feed.… Read more »

How to Check for Bed Bugs Worried you have bed bugs? Here are three signs that you may have a problem: 1. LIVE BUGS + BLOOD STAINS Bed bugs like hiding in the cracks and creases of items within 15 feet of where you sleep. The easiest place to check for bed bugs is your mattress. Inspect the edges, looking for any live bugs (think the size of an apple seed) or fecal stains (think of a dot from a… Read more »

Wasps Can Recognize Human Faces A recent study conducted by biologists Elizabeth Tibbetts of the University of Michigan and Adrian Dyer of RMIT University in Melbourne published by Scientific American has found that, along with Honeybees, Wasps can now recognize human faces. It has been known for years that Honeybees can recognize, each others faces, but the ability to distinguish differences Human faces is somewhat of a revelation. The ability to distinguish human faces was once thought to apply only to Primates… Read more »

Bed Bugs in Vancouver Provincial Courthouse According to the Province Newspaper recent inspections have revealed that in addition to Rats and Mice, a common pest in older buildings downtown, that the courthouse is also infested with Bed Bugs. Bed Bugs have made an aggressive return to the spotlight in recent decades as the primary chemical used to kill them in the past, DDT was prohibited. Now, property owners must rely on more eco-friendly products to eradicate them and their resilience… Read more »

Carpenter Ants in January? Recently many people in the Pacific Northwest and here in British Columbia have seen a resurgence of what is commonly thought of as a summer pest, Carpenter Ants. Pest control companies have been noticing increased calls and bookings for the insects and due to the rarity of ants in winter, most are confused when it comes to properly identifying the infestation. There could be many reasons for this surge – colder outdoor temperatures, the recent economic… Read more »

Zeller’s in Toronto offering a DYI Bed Bug Solution? Like many other major Canadian cities, Toronto’s growing Bed Bug problem has forced many citizens to rely on Big Box retailers to find DYI pest control products. However many retailers are simply displaying Ant and Cockroach killer and saying it’s good for killing bed bugs, in some cases this can be true, however many of these products were never intended for Bed Bugs, or to be sprayed on soft sleeping surfaces… Read more »

BC Living Article – How to Beat the Bed Bugs Before They Beat You In a BC Living article originally posted on 3/29/2011 the writer discusses the best ways to protect yourself and your property from Bed Bugs. With the epidemic only intensifying since then, it is still relevant now more than ever.  See article here.

Calgary Residents Having Vole Trouble Click here to see a Globe and Mail report on Calgary residents and the destructive force Voles (A tiny field mouse) are having on their property.

Local Pest Control Looked to for Advice In a recent article by the Vancouver Sun a local property owner has been forced to evict tenants suspected of being the cause of a building wide Bed Bug infestation. This of course has lead to some of the tenants fighting back saying they’ve done everything they could of and it’s, in fact, the fault of one specific tenant who has refused to sufficiently prep their apartment before a Bed Bug Spray. [easy-locker id=”133690298″… Read more »