A targeted, discreet treatment of the affected areas. A follow-up visit may be recommended about two weeks later, when the eggs hatch.
Take a photo and attach it to the form. We’ll look at it with you and tell you what you’re dealing with.
Send a photoWe confirm the species and locate the hot spots: bed, box spring, baseboards, door frames, upholstered furniture.
Targeted application in cracks and seams, rather than spraying the whole room.
May be recommended about 14 days later, to assess activity once the eggs have hatched.
What was treated, where, and what to watch for in the following weeks — in writing.
Bed bugs don’t jump or fly: they crawl, and they travel with us. They arrive in a suitcase after a trip, a used sofa or mattress, a moving box, or move from one unit to another through the walls and hallways of a building. An adult is about five millimetres long, the size of an apple seed, and hides during the day in seams, cracks and joints near where people sleep. That’s why people often notice the bites long before they see the insect.
In Montreal, a large share of leases end on July 1st. For a few weeks, thousands of households move at the same time, furniture goes from one apartment to another and some of it waits on the sidewalk. Before picking up upholstered furniture or buying a used mattress, check the seams and the underside with a flashlight. After a move, watch for signs for a few weeks: eggs hidden in boxes or furniture can hatch well after you arrive.
Store-bought bug bombs scatter bed bugs into neighbouring rooms instead of eliminating them. Going to sleep on the couch has the same effect: they follow the person. Throwing out the mattress without treating the room leaves behind the ones hiding in the box spring, baseboards and furniture. While you wait for the visit, run your bedding through the dryer on high heat and leave the items in the bedroom where they are. If you rent, tell your landlord at the first signs: neighbouring units may be affected too.
Almost never. A properly treated mattress can be kept. Throwing it out without treating the room solves nothing and costs money for nothing.
No. Bed bugs travel in luggage, used furniture and clothing. They have nothing to do with how clean a home is.
Eggs can hatch after the first treatment. A visit about two weeks later lets us check whether a new generation has appeared and adjust the treatment.
A photo is worth ten lines of description. A technician will call you back to understand the situation and give you a price.
Our office is in Montreal. From there, our exterminators cover the island, Laval, the North Shore and the South Shore.
Chomedey, Sainte-Dorothée, Vimont, Duvernay, Auteuil, Laval-des-Rapides, Pont-Viau, Saint-François.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Villeray, Rosemont, Plateau-Mont-Royal, Saint-Laurent, Verdun, Rivière-des-Prairies, Anjou.
Terrebonne, Mascouche, Repentigny, Blainville, Saint-Eustache.
Longueuil, Brossard, Boucherville, Sainte-Julie, Vaudreuil-Dorion.
