Ehlers Pest Management is a bed bug exterminator in Milwaukee and across Southeastern Wisconsin, including Racine and Kenosha. We treat bed bugs in homes, rental units and businesses. Every job starts with an inspection by a certified technician, and treatment follows a set protocol that runs until the activity stops.
Bed bugs are hard to get rid of on your own. They hide in tiny cracks, and their eggs can outlast a treatment that only reaches what you can see. If you’re finding signs of them, give us a call and we’ll walk you through what happens next.
Bed bugs will bite exposed skin (legs, arms, back of the neck), leaving you with itchy, burning red welts.
As bed bugs grow, they shed their skin and leave casings underneath pillows, beds, mattresses and in mattress seams.
Black and brown stains on your sheets come from bed bug droppings and squashed bed bugs when they’re feeding.
A heavier infestation can give the bedroom a musty smell.
Bites alone can’t confirm bed bugs, since other insects and skin irritation can look the same. If you’re not sure what you’re seeing, a technician can confirm it. Our pest identification guide can also help.
Bed bugs are reddish-brown and about a quarter inch long. They hide during the day and come out at night to feed. In a bedroom, they tend to stay close to where people sleep: mattress seams, box springs, headboards and furniture joints. As an infestation grows, they spread into outlets and baseboards.
They travel in luggage and used furniture, so they turn up anywhere people come and go. That includes houses and apartments, along with hotels and offices.
A certified technician confirms the infestation and checks how far it's spread. In multi-unit buildings, we also inspect the units next door.
Before each treatment, you'll prepare the room and leave for about four hours. The treatment depends on that step, so the technician will walk you through exactly what to do.
Treatment can include heat treatment and a three-visit protocol. After the inspection, the technician will recommend the approach that fits your space. In multi-unit buildings, the units next door get a preventative treatment, since bed bugs move through shared walls.
We consider the problem resolved after eight weeks in a row with zero bed bug activity. If activity shows up during that time, we keep working until it stops.
Foggers and sprays tend to push bed bugs deeper into walls and furniture, and they rarely reach the eggs. A few bugs may die, but the infestation keeps going and is often harder to treat by the time a technician gets there. If you’ve confirmed bed bugs, a scheduled treatment with monitoring is the more reliable path.
Yes. Most of our bed bug work for landlords and property managers is in multi-unit buildings. Because bed bugs travel between units, our protocol includes the units around the problem unit, so the infestation doesn’t move next door and come back.
Learn more about pest control for property management.
Yes. We treat bed bugs in hotels and offices, along with other commercial spaces. Treatment needs the affected rooms empty, so we’ll plan visits around your schedule and walk you through what your staff needs to do.
A certified technician inspects and treats every bed bug job.
Calls go to our Southeastern Wisconsin office, and the person who answers is certified.
We call it resolved after eight weeks with zero activity.
We've served Southeastern Wisconsin homes and businesses since 2010.
Yes, for about four hours during each visit. The technician will tell you how to prepare before they arrive.
It depends on the approach and how far the infestation has spread. In every case, we consider the problem resolved after eight weeks with zero activity.
Yes. Heat treatment is one of the options. After the inspection, the technician will recommend the approach that fits your space.
Talk to our experienced team at Ehlers Pest Management by calling (414) 303-6926.
A certified technician will confirm what you’re dealing with and walk you through the treatment plan.
