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No logos, and no mention of bed bugs on trucks, equipment or uniforms. Neighbours see a van; they do not see why it is there.
Service area · ARCADIA, FL · DESOTO COUNTY
Combination treatment — a residual spray plus Heat Assault thermal heat — kills bed bugs and eggs in a single visit. Homes and businesses across Arcadia, quoted over the phone before anything is booked.
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Local record
Bed Bug Exterminator is active in Arcadia, with 1 completed job on the local record.
The page also includes 6 questions answered on recorded calls and 20 crew call excerpts.
Reaches into mattress seams, bed frames and wall voids a spray cannot. Kills every stage, eggs included.
Keeps working for weeks after we leave, so anything that survives or arrives later does not restart the problem.
Bed bugs die at 118°F held about 90 minutes; 122°F kills almost instantly. We hold lethal temperature throughout the home.
You get the prep list and an arrival window. Anything you are unsure about, we answer on the phone first.
Quoted over the phone before anything is booked, so there is no site visit and no surprise on the day.
A full heat cycle takes the whole home to lethal temperature, then a residual product goes down per its label.
Eight to eleven hours on site, depending on the size of the property and how much is in it.
We walk you through what we found and what to watch for, and the home is yours again the same day.
If bed bugs come back inside sixty days we return and treat again at no cost.
Every question below was asked by a real caller on a recorded call, and every answer is what one of our crew said back on the phone, word for word. We give the caller's first name, or their postcode where we do not have one, and never their surname, address or phone number.
If the inspection comes back as bed bug positive, then at that point it's going to be your choice to determine if you want to elect our services to perform the heat treatment on your house to destroy those bed bugs.
Answered by Mike on a call,
If you're getting if you're feeling overwhelmed and you might mean, I don't know, you might have to be doing all of this. I'm not saying you don't have to do it. We want you to prep. It's important, but you might be trying to be perfect and try and do it right and it might be overkill.
Answered by Julie on a call,
I am not allowed to give his cell phone number and all the numbers go through us. So I will pass the information on to him and have him give you a call.
Answered by Dori on a call,
We just missed a call. This is Mike with Bed Bug Exterminator. I think we just missed a call from you guys.
Answered by Mike on a call,
I did spray it down pretty thoroughly. And then I also opened up the chair.
Answered by Chase on a call,
We do not. We only specialize in bed bugs.
Answered on a call,
This is our own crew, on recorded calls about jobs in Arcadia and nearby. Word for word. Each one says who was talking and when.
We guarantee our work for 60 days. You have a 60-day guarantee. If you see something after we do treatment, we come back out and we treat you and that is on us. Yeah, there's no additional charge.
What you want to do because most of the heat treatments are going to be priced about the same. Now you want to figure out who has what kind of treatment because there are differences. So if you get somebody that says they're just going to spray and take care of your issue, I hate to say it, but they're lying.
If I said 10 sprinklers, I'd be good. Because I'm guessing the closets probably have them too. Reason being is that the sprinklers are not per apartment. They are attached to the whole building. So we have to prep them manually.
That's why it's an all-day treatment. Our technicians are good at what they do. We do a perimeter spray that gives you a second layer of protection that lasts for well over a month. And then with our heat assault system, which is the latest state-of-the-art technology, and it is our trailer, we raise the temperature up in your home very, very quickly to 140 degrees, and we hold it there all day long.
The 200 goes applied to the treatment. And you know what, even if even if he doesn't find any tomorrow, because I know there were bedbugs in your house, whether they're still there or not, if it's two weeks down the road, even if it was a negative inspection tomorrow, I will use that $200 towards your deposit. Okay.
I tell you, we only treat and diagnose for bedbugs. So before I take your money to come out and try to look for bedbugs. I don't think we're the right people to call today.
Get any sensitive electronics, the TVs, laptops, computers, computer monitors, gaming stations, those are all fine to stay. Just unplug them. They're built to withstand the heat. The only time I would tell anyone to take a computer out of the home is if it is one of those newer high-end gaming PCs that are liquid cooling.
The first half would be due on the morning of the treatment, and then the remaining balance, we can split that into four equal payments paid over four months.
We have a technician in your area and he's going to be working on a heat job tomorrow. So we're trying to figure out if we should do it in the morning or like early in the morning or maybe later in the afternoon.
Now, with the gate, let me ask you, they will be in probably a GMC or a Tundra truck. Those are the only two trucks, you know, we have, so I don't know which one they'll be bringing. Probably the Tundra, because we're going to be bringing a couple of heat torpedoes up into your high rise.
A group home won't let you move in if you've got that box. And if you've been dealing with them for two years, they are in absolutely everything. So let's talk about your home for a moment. How cluttered is your home? Do you keep a neat and tidy home with no floor clutter or are you a collector?
Because this works so well we can guarantee it whereas the spray companies can't guarantee it because they don't know how many times they'll have to spray so when I give you your quote it's that's the price which your inflated place is for a minimum 1800
What can happen with bedbugs? They don't always stay in the bed, okay? They will hide in baseboards. They will hide in wall outlets. They'll hide in tiny little cracks and crevices in your end tables.
Are other things that, uh, to be concerned about, such as people's makeup, uh, and their medications. Uh, we recommend that you put those into the refrigerator where it's going to be heat resistant, heat insulated.
What we do is we come back out instead of the all day, oh my gosh, it has to be gone from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. You just need to leave the house for four hours. We very carefully spray our pesticide blend with growth inhibitor and that takes care of that very small underlying problem and that spray lasts for well over a month. And that's a secondary layer of protection for you. We nail all of them, if not 99.
We get the temperature up to 140 degrees, okay, but at 122 degrees, the exoskeletons...
Actually, when you book, I'm going to go over the prep specifically with you. And you also I'm going to send you a checklist of all little bitty things like chocolate and, you know, lipstick that would melt, you know, things like that, your plants.
We first started talking. Okay, okay. So what happens is you usually don't find them until after they've been there for a month, sometimes two months. Usually people that catch it even earlier than that have a major reaction to the bite and start ripping stuff apart and then coming across one or an exoskeleton or something like that, okay, or are so paranoid because those bites swell up.
If you have one adult female in your home and she has bred one time she's laying five eggs a day every day for weeks until she needs to breed again
Oxygen tanks, lighters, vapes, and fireworks or ammunition, okay? So if you do have any fireworks and ammunition, you can easily store them in the garage. Victor is not going to leave your house all day. And Victor, I know for a fact, is a gun owner. So if he sees guns, he'll just step over them, won't even give them any mind, okay?
Every Arcadia job we quote and complete is logged with a date, zip and crew note. The counts and notes below come from that record — this is the real work history for the city, not a claim.
| Date | Zip | Job note | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 | 34266 | Single family home — 3,000 sq ft | Completed |
Why choose us
We kill bed bugs. Only bed bugs. One method, done right, in a single visit — heat and a residual product together, on every job we run.
Unmarked vehicles and personnel
No logos, and no mention of bed bugs on trucks, equipment or uniforms. Neighbours see a van; they do not see why it is there.
Total peace of mind
Sixty days of cover on every job. Should bed bugs survive the treatment, which is rare, we come back out and eliminate the problem for good at no cost.
No other pests, ever
One method, done right, in a single visit. It is the only approach we sell, which is the reason we are good at it.
Quoted as bed bug experts
Reporters do not find us in a directory; they come looking for someone who does this all day. CNN introduces Allan as the operations expert at Bed Bug Exterminator, and he has been quoted by name in thirty articles across fifteen national outlets.
Community-focused service
Seven offices across Florida and Maryland, each with its own locally staffed crew. The office that quotes your job is the one that turns up to it.
Affordable, high-quality heat solution
Priced by the size of the home rather than by the room, and quoted over the phone before anything is booked. No site visit, and no per-room upcharges.
Experienced, dedicated team
As Allan puts it: once we take on your project, your bed bug problem becomes my bed bug problem. If it turns out not to be bed bugs, we say so and cancel the contract. That has happened.
The single best solution — Heat Assault
Heat Assault reaches kill-zone temperature throughout the house and keeps climbing, which is what takes out the eggs as well as the adults. Paired with a residual spray on every job.
Call 727-591-4417 Quoted over the phone before anything is booked.
“My experience with BBE (Bed Bug Exterminator) was very smooth. Dori explained everything clearly on the phone and booked me quickly. The technician Chase came and did a full spray and heat treatment in one day, from morning to evening. The process was well organized and I felt relief after.”
“If you want your bed bugs gone CALL THEM!! Their team is top notch and truly care about what they do. Huge shout out to Dori and Victor, they took such great care of my home and killed every last bloodsucker! Thee best company for bed bug treatment hands down! Thanks”
“Kendall is extremely knowledgeable, professional and patient. She walked me through the process on the phone assessing for bed bugs as well as treatment options. She was interested in me FIRST and my needs, not just making a buck! The tech arrived on time and treated our entire home, 100% bed bug free for 3 months.”
“My experience with Bed Bug Exterminator was very positive. Chase handled the inspection professionally and didn’t miss any areas. Before that, Kendall had helped me book the appointment smoothly and answered all my questions. Everything felt organized and well-managed from start to finish.”
Heat only works if the whole structure gets past lethal temperature and stays there. That is a question of output, and output is a number.
| Heat only | Chemical | Combination | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kills eggs | Yes | Often misses | Yes |
| Residual protection | None | A few weeks | Weeks |
| Reaches hidden voids | Bugs flee deeper | Limited | Yes |
| Visits needed | 1 (with gaps) | 2–4 | Usually 1 |
| Guaranteed | — | — | Yes |
Bed bugs die at 118°F held around 90 minutes, and 122°F kills almost instantly. We hold lethal temperature throughout the home.
Older housing stock means more cracks and crevices for bed bugs to harbour in. Rentals turn over faster than owner-occupied homes, and turnover is how an infestation arrives.
Driving distance from Arcadia. Routed by proximity — cities closer to another BBE office are served from there.
Outside these zips? Our Arcadia routes reach well past the city line — call anyway.
34266
Yes. Arcadia is inside our service area, worked out of our Bradenton office, about a 70-minute drive away. We treat homes and businesses there, and the treatment is the same combination of Heat Assault thermal heat and a residual spray we run everywhere else.
Same-week appointments are usual. Because Arcadia sits roughly 70 minutes from our Bradenton office, a crew can normally be with you within a few days of the call, and the whole job is one visit rather than a course of return trips.
Treatment starts at an $1,800 minimum and is priced by the size of the home, with most homes landing between about $1,800 and $2,800. There are no per-room upcharges. We give you the exact number over the phone before anything is booked.
Almost never. Furniture is treated where it stands: heat reaches inside mattresses, frames and upholstery where a spray cannot, so it does not need to be discarded or replaced. We will tell you plainly if a piece is genuinely beyond saving.
Free phone estimate — exact price, no site visit required.
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