Scott Palatnik

We’ve learned a lot about bed bugs over the years. We know now that these pests have been around, in one form or another, for over 100 million years. The fossilized remains of bed bugs have been found in archaeological digs around the world. They’ve even been mentioned in texts dating back to ancient Egypt […]

We’ve said it before but it bears repeating – bed bugs are champion hitchhikers. It’s the single most common way bed bugs spread from place to place. Unsuspecting travelers often accidentally transport these pests from location to location in unchecked suitcases and packages. It doesn’t matter if you’re traveling across country or across town. The […]

As I look through the window next to my desk I’m noticing the first signs of autumn. Leaves are falling and the trees will soon be bare. Winter is on its way and many of us will be soon be cranking up the heat and bundling up against the winter chill. But how does the […]

We often talk about what to do when you find yourself facing a bed bug infestation. Knowing how to battle a full scale invasion of these blood-sucking pests is no small matter, and we try to provide information that is helpful and straightforward. But an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Learning […]

One of the first signs of a bed bug infestation is the appearance of bites on one or more members of your family. But that doesn’t necessarily make them a viable early warning system. It takes some time for a bed bug population to grow and an infestation may be well under way before any […]

As we bid farewell to the warm days of summer it seems like the perfect opportunity to tackle one of the more common questions we get around here. Specifically, “Is there a bed bug season?”. You’d think that the chillier nights of fall would bring some respite from these hungry pests. After all, we’re used […]

It seems like this year is just flying by. September is over and now we’re rolling into October. And you know what October means. It means Halloween parties (for kids AND grown-ups), trick-or-treating, and (if you’re anything like me) too much candy and not enough monster movies. So what does all this have to do […]

We’ve got in the habit of referring to bed bugs as pests. It’s common jargon. But these blood-sucking creatures are more than a mere nuisance. Just as anyone who’s found themselves dealing with a full-scale infestation. They’re not annoyed. They’re panicked. They’re stressed. Most bed bug infestations begin innocently enough. You pick up a stray […]

Bed bugs are generally introduced to rental properties on the belongings of tenants and visitors. Once inside they can quickly spread throughout a multi-unit building, infesting multiple units. The nature of multi-unit housing complexes makes it difficult for pest control experts to completely eliminate a bed bug infestation. Naturally, renters should want to be informed […]

I recently stumbled across a social media post regarding thrift stores and bed bugs. The thread went back and forth for a bit, as social media posts tend to do. Some people argued that buying clothing or furniture from thrift shops was perfectly safe because everything is cleaned and sanitized before it hits the shelves. […]