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Back-to-School Season Is Bed Bug Season in Florida: The Late-Summer Surge Explained

August 18, 2026 by Lakeland Exterminators Editorial Team

Quick answer: Late August and September are Florida’s quiet bed bug surge. Summer travel returns, college move-ins, and the secondhand-furniture wave that follows both put more hitchhiking opportunities in motion than any other stretch of the year — and introductions made now surface as confirmed infestations in October. The counter is a one-week interception routine: … Read more

Why Polk County Bed Bug Calls Spike in Summer (and What That Means for Lakeland Homeowners)

August 21, 2026June 17, 2026 by Lakeland Exterminators Editorial Team

Four-stage graphic of the most common summer bed bug vectors in Polk County, Florida: vacation rentals, theme park employee housing, used furniture and family travel.

If you work in the Polk County pest industry, you can set a watch by it: bed bug calls in the Lakeland market climb every year between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Some of the spike is real biology — bed bug reproduction accelerates in warmer indoor conditions — but most of it is travel. … Read more