You wake up with a row of red welts, find rusty spots on the fitted sheet, or spot a small brown bug inside a mattress seam. In a Del Rey house, those clues point to bed bugs, and waiting rarely helps. A single call puts you in touch with a licensed pest control company that works in Del Rey for a free bed bug control quote.
Our coverage takes in all of ZIP code 93616: the small town grid around Del Rey Avenue and American Avenue, the streets near Del Rey Elementary, and the farmhouses scattered through the vineyards and orchards between Sanger, Parlier and Selma.
Bed Bug Help Close to Home in Del Rey
Bed Bug Control Services in Del Rey
Most Del Rey cases start with an inspection, then move to one treatment or a pair of them. These 6 services cover what local families and landlords ask about.
Bed Bug InspectionA licensed technician confirms bed bugs and maps every room and item affected.Learn more 
K9 Bed Bug InspectionA trained scent dog finds live bugs and eggs hidden in furniture, trim and walls.Learn more 
Bed Bug Heat TreatmentRooms are heated beyond what bed bugs and eggs can survive, usually in 1 day.Learn more 
Chemical Bed Bug TreatmentTargeted professional products in cracks, seams and furniture, plus follow-ups.Learn more 
Bed Bug FumigationThe building is tented and filled with a gas that reaches every wall void and item.Learn more 
Bed Bug Steam TreatmentVery hot, dry steam kills bugs and eggs on contact in mattresses and upholstery.Learn more Store-Bought Sprays Don't Fix Bed Bugs. They Can Make Them Harder to Kill.
An aerosol can reaches only the bugs you see crawling in the open. The rest of the group hides inside box spring corners, headboard screw holes and gaps along the baseboard, and a lot of bed bugs shrug off the chemicals sold at hardware stores. Meanwhile new eggs hatch every week, and the spray can scatter the survivors into the next bedroom of a Del Rey home.
Eggs a single female bed bug can lay in her lifetime.
Source: Virginia Tech Cooperative ExtensionFrom egg to a breeding adult at room temperature, so a small problem grows fast.
Source: Virginia Tech Cooperative ExtensionStore-bought foggers tested by Ohio State researchers had little or no effect on bed bugs.
Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, 2012Why Bed Bugs Turn Up in Del Rey
Bed bugs do not come from dirt. They ride in luggage, a secondhand couch or a bag of clothes passed between relatives, and clean homes get them too.
Del Rey is a small unincorporated farm community of about 1,400 residents (rounded 2020 Census count) on roughly 1.3 square miles, a few miles southwest of Sanger in the grape country southeast of Fresno. Homes here average close to 4 people, and about half of households rent. With many people sharing a small number of houses, a few bugs carried in from a visit or a used bed can reach several sleepers quickly.
Raisin Country and Harvest Season Housing
Del Rey sits among Thompson Seedless and other raisin grape vineyards, and Del Rey Packing, a family raisin and dried fruit packer founded more than 90 years ago, is based here. In late summer, when grapes are picked and laid out to dry, extra hands arrive and rooms, spare beds and couches fill up. People do not cause bed bugs, but beds that change sleepers often give a stray bug more chances to spread.
- Check a spare room or guest bed before a new person moves in for the season, and again a couple of weeks after they leave.
- Keep bags and suitcases off beds and couches, and dry clothes on high heat when someone arrives from another house.
- An employer who houses 5 or more workers must follow California's Employee Housing Act, which sets health and safety standards for that housing.
Older Houses and Small Rentals
Much of the housing in 93616 dates from the 1960s and 1970s, including the 30 unit Del Rey Apartments that Fresno Housing operates on South Oak Lane Avenue, built in 1966. Older walls tend to have more gaps at outlets, trim and pipe openings, which gives bed bugs extra places to hide between rooms. Ask the company to check wall edges and outlets as well as beds, and to list every room in the quote. Families who would rather talk it through in Spanish can ask whether a Spanish speaking technician is available.
How Getting Rid of Bed Bugs in Del Rey Works
4 steps take you from the first call to a bedroom you can sleep in again.
- 01Reach out
Call or send the form, say what you noticed and which road or street in Del Rey you live on. It costs nothing.
- 02Inspection
A licensed technician, with a scent dog if needed, checks each room and confirms the problem.
- 03Written plan
You get the treatment method, a prep checklist and the total price in writing.
- 04Treat and recheck
The crew treats every hiding place and comes back to make sure the bugs are gone.
6 Signs of Bed Bugs in a Del Rey Home
Mosquito and bed bug bites can look alike. These clues on beds and couches tell them apart.
Itchy red bumps in a row or tight group, often on skin left bare during sleep.
Small smears or black dots on pillowcases, sheets and mattress edges.
Pale, see-through skins shed by young bugs as they grow.
Pearly white specks about 1 mm long stuck in seams and joints.
Flat, brown and oval, about the size of an apple seed.
A sweetish, musty odor in a bedroom where the problem is heavy.
Del Rey Areas We Cover
See what bed bug work usually involves in ZIP 93616, from the town streets to the vineyard roads.
Del Rey Service Area Map
Free quotes are available across Del Rey and the farmland around it, with Sanger to the northeast, Parlier to the southeast, Selma to the south and Fresno to the northwest.
Nearby Cities We Cover
We also connect callers in the Kings River towns of Fresno County and the Fresno-Clovis metro and central San Joaquin Valley communities.
- Sanger4 mi
- Parlier5 mi
- Fowler5 mi
- Selma6 mi
- Reedley9 mi
- Kingsburg10 mi
- Fresno11 mi
- Clovis13 mi
- Dinuba13 mi
- Traver15 mi
- Caruthers16 mi
- Orange Cove16 mi
Renting in Del Rey? California Law Is on Your Side
California Civil Code 1954.600 to 1954.605, commonly known as AB 551, covers bed bugs in rental housing statewide, so it applies to houses, apartments and rooms rented in Del Rey.
- Landlords must give tenants a written bed bug notice.
- A landlord cannot show, rent or lease a unit they know has bed bugs.
- After a licensed pest control operator inspects, the landlord must share the findings with affected tenants within 2 business days.
- Tenants who report bed bugs are protected from retaliation.
Roughly half of the homes in ZIP 93616 are rented, so many Del Rey families can use these rules. Put your bed bug report to the landlord on paper, add the date, and save a copy.
What Bed Bug Treatment Costs
No two quotes match, since price follows the size of the house, how many rooms have bugs and which method is chosen. Angi's 2026 US averages list a visual inspection at $65 to $200, a dog search at $300 to $600, treatment at $200 to $400 per room and whole-house work around $1,500 to $6,200. In a Del Rey home where most rooms hold a bed, expect the room count to drive the final figure.
Del Rey Bed Bug Questions
Is Del Rey a city?
No. Del Rey is an unincorporated community, a census-designated place run by Fresno County, with a local Community Services District that looks after its parks and Community Hall. Any address in ZIP 93616 can get a quote.
Do you cover farmhouses outside the town itself?
Yes. ZIP 93616 stretches across close to 14 square miles, far past the small town grid, so vineyard homes and ranch houses on the county roads around Del Rey can ask for a quote too.
We rent a 1960s house near the school. Who pays for treatment?
California law does not assign the bill the same way in every case, so read your lease. AB 551 does require your landlord to give you a licensed inspector's findings within 2 business days, and you cannot be punished for reporting bed bugs.
How much does bed bug treatment cost in Del Rey?
Angi's 2026 figures for the US put a single room at about $200 to $400 and a full house at roughly $1,500 to $6,200. Budget around the written quote from your own inspection.
Can we leave infested bedding in a hot car to kill the bugs?
That is not a safe bet. A parked car in a Del Rey summer gets very hot in some spots and stays cooler under seats and inside folds, so bugs can live through it and then ride along to the next house.
How your call is handled: Bed Bug Control CA is a free referral service. When you call or send the form, you are connected with an independent, licensed pest control company that serves Del Rey. That company inspects, quotes and does the work.