Bed bugs are now common throughout California, and controlling them is very challenging. Cooperation among landlords, tenants, and pest management professionals is necessary for our control efforts to be successful.

Make sure you visit our resource page to learn about your bed bug rights and responsibilities as a tenant in California.

Bed bugs may enter our buildings by hitchhiking on beds, furniture, and personal items such as purses and backpacks. Once inside our homes, they can hide near places we sleep and rest, coming out to feed on our blood.

Bed bugs can also enter our homes from neighboring units by traveling through the space between walls. They can even move from room to room by crawling under doors! This is why it’s so important to report bed bugs as soon as you suspect them: you don’t want your problem to become your neighbor’s problem!

Bed bugs can be seen by the unaided eye if you know where and how to look. Adult bed bugs are reddish brown and a little smaller than an apple seed, while the juveniles, called nymphs, can be tan in color and are about the size of a poppy seed.

Over time, our homes may become cluttered. It’s sometimes difficult to find time to tidy up with our busy schedules! Unfortunately, bed bugs love clutter since it provides them with so many hiding spots. Clutter also makes inspections difficult. Once introduced to a cluttered space, bed bugs can hide in many places and begin breeding.

Once you suspect a bed bug infestation, it is time to take action!

Don’t panic. There is no need to throw out infested items.

Don’t try to treat bed bugs on your own. Pesticides can be dangerous and ineffective.

If you find or suspect bed bugs in your home, the best thing to do is inform your landlord or property manager right away so the bugs can be controlled.

Thanks for calling me to discuss this issue

We need to get our pest control service in there to do a professional inspection and confirm if you have bed bugs or not. If so, they may decide to control the bugs using pesticides or heat. Let’s make sure to follow their instructions closely.

Don’t ever be embarrassed about having bed bugs. Bed bugs can be found in the nicest hotels. All they need is a place to hide and people to bite! Landlords and pest control companies work on bed bugs daily; reporting bed bugs to them right away is the best way to help.

Yep! Here are some bed bugs. We will come back in a few days for treatment. I will give you some preparation directions. Please begin by organizing your space.

Let’s prepare for treatment!

I’m so glad the tenant followed our instructions. It’s easy to find the bed bugs and make a successful treatment in an orderly space.

Good job working with your landlord and pest control company to kill the bed bugs. They may return at any time, so make sure you prevent future infestations by regularly looking for signs of bed bugs in areas where you sleep or rest.

Remember to report suspected infestations to your landlord as soon as possible. Review the bed bug prevention and management information found on our resource page. Together we can manage bed bugs and keep our community healthy and safe.