How to Get Rid of Mites: Treatment Guide

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How to Get Rid of 🔬 Mites: The BugMD Method

Mites are incredibly small, reproduce quickly, and thrive in warm, humid spaces — especially anywhere dust or fabric is involved. Because they spread throughout bedding, carpets, and furniture, the key to getting rid of mites is treating the areas where they live, interrupting their life cycle, and preventing new mites from coming in.

Here’s the simple 3-step method thousands of families use for long-lasting relief:

Step 1: Treat Fabrics, Carpets & Bedding Directly

Use Essential Pest Control

Most mites live in soft surfaces — bedding, upholstery, carpets, and fabric fibers.
Essential Pest Control helps eliminate mites on contact and makes treated areas far less hospitable for mites to return.

Spray on:

Mattresses & box springs
Pillow seams
Blankets & comforters
Carpets & rugs
Sofas & chairs
Curtains
Fabric surfaces where you spend the most time

Use regularly to help prevent reinfestation.

👉 Think of Essential Pest Control as your fabric-safe solution for breaking the mite life cycle right where they hide.

Step 2: Support the Treatment With Simple Habit Changes (Helps boost the effectiveness of Step 1 — not alternatives.)

These quick habits reinforce your treatment and help reduce mite buildup:

Wash bedding weekly in hot water (at least 130°F)
Vacuum with a HEPA filter twice a week
Lower indoor humidity to below 50%
Reduce clutter around sleeping and resting areas
Store soft toys or spare bedding in sealed bins

These steps help remove shed skin cells — the #1 food source for dust mites — and reduce their ability to thrive.

Step 3: Protect Entry Points From Bird & Rodent Mites

Use Pest Defense Pro Outdoors

Not all mites originate indoors — bird and rodent mites often come from nests, attics, or sheds, then travel through cracks and entry gaps.

Pest Defense Pro creates a powerful, plant-powered outdoor barrier to keep these mites from entering your home.

Spray around:

Doors & window frames
Siding gaps
Foundation cracks
Outdoor wall edges
Entry points near garages, sheds, or attics

This stops outdoor mites before they reach indoor fabrics and bedding.

👉 Essential Pest Control treats mites inside your home. Pest Defense Pro prevents new mites from entering.

Quick Tip!

Dust mites can't survive in extreme temperatures. Freezing items like stuffed animals for 24 hours or washing in very hot water are both effective ways to kill mites.

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Common
Types of Mites

Different mites cause different problems in your home:

Dust Mites

Most common indoor mite. Live in bedding, carpets, and upholstery. Major allergen trigger.

Scabies Mites

Burrow into skin causing intense itching and rash. Highly contagious and require medical treatment.

Bird & Rodent Mites

Come from infested nests or dead rodents. Can bite humans and cause skin irritation.

5 Places Mites
Hide in Your Home

Mites are so small you usually can't see them, but they leave behind evidence through allergic reactions and irritation. Here's where they love to live:

Bedding and mattresses

Pillows, sheets, and mattresses are prime real estate for dust mites

Upholstered furniture

Couches, chairs, and cushions collect dead skin and provide warm hiding spots

Carpets and rugs

Fibers trap dust, skin cells, and moisture that mites need to survive

Curtains and drapes

Fabric window treatments collect dust and rarely get cleaned thoroughly

Stuffed animals and fabric toys

Children's toys made of fabric are perfect mite habitats

Quick Tip!

Dust mites can't survive in extreme temperatures. Freezing items like stuffed animals for 24 hours or washing in very hot water are both effective ways to kill mites.

A More Effective Approach

While cleaning and lowering humidity helps, mites can quickly come back because they reproduce so fast and are constantly being brought in through normal daily activities.

Here's the bottom line: the best way to handle mites is combining regular cleaning with targeted solutions that get rid of mites where they live and prevent them from coming back. That's where BugMD comes in - plant-powered formulas that are tough on mites but safe for your family and pets to use on fabrics and surfaces.

Essential Pest Control

Your fabric-safe solution for eliminating mites where they live

Perfect for mattresses, bedding, carpets, furniture, and curtains. Helps eliminate mites on contact and reduces reinfestation in the areas you use most.

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👉 Treat the surfaces mites live in — and stop the cycle at the source.

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Pest Defense Pro

Plant-powered barrier for keeping outdoor mites from getting inside

‍Customized formula + reusable sprayer protects your home’s exterior from bird and rodent mites.
Great for windows, doors, foundations, siding edges, and garage or attic entry points.

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Pro Tip!

Many customers get the best results by combining solutions - using Essential Pest Control for treating indoor fabrics, bedding, and upholstery while Pest Defense Pro creates outdoor barriers to prevent bird and rodent mites from entering your home.

Still Seeing Mites? We Can Help.

Many customers get the best results by combining solutions - using Essential Pest Control for immediate barrier protection while Pest Defense Pro provides long-term control.

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