Discreet service
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.
Office · DESOTO COUNTY, FL
Combination treatment — a residual spray plus Heat Assault thermal heat — in a single visit, dispatched from our DeSoto County office . Quoted over the phone before anything is booked.
When the press needs a bed bug expert They call us
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.
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.
Five ways we work in DeSoto County. Pick the one that matches the property.
Heat Assault raises the whole structure past lethal temperature while a residual spray covers harborage the heat cannot hold. Every life stage, including eggs, in one visit — furniture stays.
600,000 BTU/hrNo furniture lossUnmarked trucks60-day guarantee
Book DeSoto County combination treatmentA technician works the room the way the bugs do — seams, frames, outlet housings, the underside of baseboards. If there is nothing there, we put that in writing and you do not buy a treatment.
Written findingsSame-week slotsNo pressure
Book an inspectionShared walls move bed bugs between units, so treating one apartment in isolation rarely holds. We coordinate with property managers on access, prep notices and adjoining units.
Property-manager coordinationAdjoining unitsDocumentation
Talk about a buildingTurnover is the risk: a unit can be reintroduced by the next guest. We work around bookings, arrive in unmarked trucks, and provide the paperwork operators need.
Discreet arrivalWorks around bookingsWritten report
Discuss a propertyOffices, care facilities and retail get treated outside operating hours where possible. Our largest single job to date was a 12,000 square foot facility brought to temperature with two trucks.
After-hours schedulingTwo-truck capabilityInvoiced to the business
Request a commercial quoteEvery 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.
They could still be in the blankets. If they're blankets that you want to keep, run them through a high heat dryer for 40 minutes. It'll kill any bed bugs or eggs that are in there.
Answered by Dori on a call,
I would have to check with the technician to make sure he's available in the afternoon. I could do that and give you a call back if that's okay.
Answered by Mike on a call,
Absolutely. All you have to do is make sure the linens are off the bed. You just throw them in the wash before he gets there and that way you can put fresh sheets on, you know, once you get back home. So let me get with them. I'm going to pass these pictures on.
Answered by Dori on a call,
The powder helps, but thankfully we live in Florida. Roll up those windows, park that baby in the sun.
Answered by Dori on a call,
They might. I would reach out to the VA. Heck yeah.
Answered by Dori on a call,
Imagine trying to stay in there that whole time. That would be deadly.
Answered by Mike on a call,
This is our own crew, on recorded calls about jobs in DeSoto County and nearby. Word for word. Each one says who was talking and when.
We would not ever go to your house without giving you a quote first for anything that we do, whether it's going to be an inspection or a heat treatment. But without knowing the square footage of your house, I can't give you a quote because it's based on the square footage.
The spray and heat treatment, which the heat treatment is definitely what is needed. It depends on the size of your home. What city are you in, Robin?
What that does is the heat will destroy the exoskeletons on these bugs, and it will destroy their eggs, which is something that pesticides alone won't do. The pesticides can't kill their eggs. So you can use a pesticide spray, and you may get some temporary relief from bed bugs, but the eggs will always survive, and when they hatch, you'll just get reinfested.
What we do here, Bed Bug Exterminator, is we're not a general pest control company. We're strictly focused on bed bugs only. So we, like I was mentioning before, we do a heat treatment along with a pesticide treatment. Where we come in to your apartment and we would spray around the baseboards, windowsills and door jams inside closets, and then we follow up with the heat treatments.
Don't wash the windowsills, baseboards, or door jams, because that is where we put a lot of our pesticide spray to give you that second layer of protection that lasts for well over a month. So now you have an excuse not to clean. You can vacuum to your heart's content, okay?
If just one room has bedbugs, we can't treat just one room. We have to treat the entire property because bedbugs have a – they're notorious to get rid of, and just because one person is saying that, hey, they're not in my room, there's a good chance that they are because they're very difficult to spot. They're very hard to see.
Break that chair really, really well. But sometimes they get in deep in those chairs and, you know, sometimes those breaks get to them. And that's why we hope the heat treatment does the rest. So what I'm going to do, how many bugs have you seen since treatment?
We can go from there. But get me pictures of your bites when you can. I'll help you monitor over the next few days. I think honestly, if you can use your dryer and really, really, really vacuum well, that this issue is not going to be an issue that you will fix your own problem. I think it's just wayward bugs that have gotten into your house and I don't think they're bed bug right now. Okay.
We also use it through our system. So I'll thank you. I'll make sure I have Robbins apartment in the notes so the technician knows and I will see if I can.
Or larva. Their larva have little hairs on them. And the carpet beetles don't bite humans, but a lot of people have reaction to the little hairs and they look like bites.
Then that's probably a good firewall right there. So I don't think that would be a risk to the other units. We treat condos and apartments often, and, you know, so based on our experience, if there's a good firewall between them, then there shouldn't be any sort of cross-contamination.
If you have a couple of bedbugs that you brought home with you and they fed. Friday night, Saturday morning. Today is Tuesday. If you end up with more bites come tomorrow or Thursday, that's when we need to be a little bit more concerned.
I know a lot of them you're seeing on your bed frame. They are hitchhikers. That's how they got into your house. So there's a very high probability before you realized what you were dealing with that they hitchhiked into other areas of your home. And when they fall off on the floor, they will automatically find the first dark little spot, be it inside furniture or in the baseboard until they're hungry and then are looking for a food source.
Double check and get his thoughts on this, because I don't know if we would feel comfortable giving you an inspection in your.
If you get pictures, we can do a solid quote for prep work. It may not even be anything. It may be zero dollars. I don't know. And if you can't, then we'll give you like a quote based on what we think. But when he walks in, he might have to say, no, no, it's going to be a little bit more. So that's about as far as we can go at the moment. Now the cost of the actual job.
Always slows me down so um tell me about um okay so besides the fish tanks I know we did a little bit of talk about prep yesterday so I did send you a pretreatment checklist I believe good okay wonderful Now, again, floor free of clutter, all clothing hanging up in the closets, folded up in the dressers. We want to make sure that there's no clothing in the dirty clothes hamper or anything like that. Sometimes a pile of clothes can create a pretty dense mess and we just can't.
We're guaranteeing it. So we're going to work with you to make sure we get them all. And you're going to have to pay attention and tell us, okay, I'm still getting bit, you know, and it's been three weeks. You can't wait two, three months to tell us because then it could be a reinfestation. You got to tell us as we go and we guarantee for 60 days to keep ourselves protected against a reinfestation.
We like that, and that way we are good to go. Now, I already have all of your information, so what I'm going to do is book your appointment quickly so nobody takes Tuesday while we're not looking.
Send me a picture of that one so I can have it on record and I will let the technician know that this is the second one you've seen and we're monitoring, but we may need them to come back out, okay?
Now, of course. That's great. Depending on how bad the infestation is, you know, with their feces and things like that, some people just want to get rid of the stuff.
The problem with bed bugs is that they are some of the hardiest pests around. They can survive in high heat and humid conditions, which is why heat has to be held for as long as it is. They move through the smallest cracks and crevices and stick easily to furniture, luggage, and clothing. Given they are so small, we do not notice them until they are legion.
If you want to get rid of bed bugs in DeSoto County, you must pay close attention to where they appear. In a household, they could have been brought in by a visitor, by yourself when staying elsewhere, or made their way in through a connected property.
Bed bugs get around with consummate ease and breed at a dizzying rate, so a small collection can soon become an infestation occupying many or all of your rooms. For business owners, a guest could have brought them in, or a delivery shipment, or new furniture.
We often assume that bed bugs only stick to beds or old, smelly furniture. Bed bugs do not care whether furniture, bedding, or properties are clean or dirty. They are here for one thing only — blood. They are just as easily found in an immaculate five-star hotel as in an old, second-hand bed.
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