Biting Bad: The nightmare of bed bugs in Madison homes
Shane McCoy, Wil-Kil Pest Control’s Technical Training Director, talks about bed bugs and the effects on residents in Madison.
Shane McCoy, Wil-Kil Pest Control’s Technical Training Director, talks about bed bugs and the effects on residents in Madison.
Bed bugs in Wisconsin are not making quite as many headlines as they were last year at this time, but that doesn’t mean they are going away. At Wil-Kil Pest Control, we still get phone calls daily from people that have a bed bug infestation. Almost every customer we have heard from tells us that they’ve tried everything on their own to get rid of these bugs to no avail.
Wil-Kil Pest Control held a boot camp for area businesses on bed bugs... and they showed off Max and Daisy, two dogs who are trained bed bug hunters.
With bed bug numbers continuing to rise and pest control providers seeing a higher number of bed bug calls than ever before, Wil-Kil Pest Control says now is the time for business owners and organizations to take a proactive approach.
The City of Wausau is taking proactive actions after a NewsChannel 7 report on bed bugs in the city's center. They've hired an extermination company to use trained Beagles to try and sniff out the insects in the City-owned Riverview Towers.
Wil-Kil Pest Control will host a Bed Bug Boot Camp in Brookfield September 17 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Milwaukee Brookfield located at 18155 Bluemound Rd. to address the ongoing concerns and prevention methods in the fight against bed bugs. September also marks the return of National Bed Bug Awareness Month, a month dedicated to bed bug education and awareness.
September is National Bed Bug Awareness Month; Experts will educate and share prevention methods to aid in ongoing bed bug battle
Imagine lifting up your mattress and finding these everywhere. A mini colony of bed bugs, living and breathing right under the place you sleep.
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As parents or students we have a back to school check list and for one local university, a case of the bed bugs has it including an inspection on the to-do list.
Wil-Kil Pest Control talks bed bug problems with NBC26.