Bed bugs can live for more than a year without a blood meal and can survive in temperatures from nearly freezing to 122 degrees making storage units a great breeding.
Can bed bugs spread in storage units.
Double bag and discard the vacuum bags in an outdoors dumpster immediately to avoid reintroducing or spreading any bed bugs caught in the vacuum.
The most common way that bed bugs get in storage units is through mattresses.
How fast bed bugs spread from room to room depends partly on how long it takes to move an infested piece of furniture clothing luggage and or other household item from one room to another.
Bed bugs are small wingless oval shaped insects.
As adults they re only about one eighth of an inch long.
These bugs are found across the world and can survive in places between 46 degrees.
Although they are primarily found in hotels and residential spaces such as apartments they can be found anywhere including storage units.
This means an infestation can grow undetected and can easily spread from unit to unit.
Bed bugs prefer to live in close contact with humans as they feed on their blood at night.
Because bed bugs can survive for over a year without a blood meal says missy henriksen vp of public affairs for the national pest management association in fairfax virginia they can go into that nice dark place and have a vacation for six months.
Many bed bugs in apartments are found in couches and upholstered chairs.
They can also move throughout the house in search of other hosts.
To prevent them from coming in use a plastic mattress cover that is specifically designed for keeping pests out.
Don t forget to empty drawers in nightstands and dressers next to beds prior to treatment.
If they re in one storage unit the chances are good they will actually climb into another one.
However bed bugs are also excellent hitchhikers so if a customer brings an infested item such as a mattress bedding furniture or clothing into a storage unit this pest can easily spread into adjacent units as it searches for food.
Don t get bitten by bed bugs at your storage unit.
Storage units are especially vulnerable to pest infestations because unlike a house or an office they can go a long time before the renter or storage unit owner checks says ryan michel owner of defense pest control in mesa az.
