Bug Masters

Bug Masters has been servicing Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana for over 65 years. Founded by Buddy Childress in the late 1950s as Childress Pest Control in Des Arc, Arkansas, the company incorporated under the name Bug Masters Exterminating Co. Inc. in 1988 when we opened our North Little Rock office. Now in our third generation under President Allen Childress, our family remains committed to the founding principle my father established: simply doing what you say.

Bug Masters provides elimination services for all common household and commercial pests in Central Arkansas, including bed bugs, ants, cockroaches, rodents (mice and rats), termites, fleas, ticks, spiders, wasps, yellow jackets, and seasonal pests like crickets and beetles. We handle both residential properties and commercial environments including food processing facilities, healthcare settings, hotels, restaurants, multi-unit housing, and warehouses.

Yes, Bug Masters provides heat remediation for bed bugs daily! In fact, Bug Masters is the premier provider of bed bug work in Little Rock. Other pest control companies routinely refer bed bug work to Bug Masters. Heat remediation is the most effective and safest method of eliminating bed bugs. This approach is the “greenest” rather than using multiple chemical applications. 95% of our heat remediation services are successful on the primary visit. If not, we will return to your property to repeat this service to confirm 100% elimination. Please call our office and speak to a specialist for pricing information.

Pest control costs vary based on the type of pest, level of infestation, property size, and treatment approach required. Bug Masters uses a prescriptive method—we assess your specific situation during a free inspection and create a customized treatment plan rather than applying a one-size-fits-all program. Our residential quarterly service plans include four visits per year with three exterior-focused treatments and one interior inspection. For specialized services like bed bug heat remediation or commercial accounts with regulatory requirements, we recommend speaking with one of our specialists for detailed pricing. Contact us for a free estimate.

Heat treatment is the most effective method for bed bug elimination because it kills bed bugs at all life stages—eggs, nymphs, and adults—in a single treatment without chemicals. After 30+ years eliminating bed bugs across Arkansas, we’ve found that raising room temperature to exactly 135°F and sustaining it for a minimum of 4 hours eliminates 99.9% of bed bugs including eggs, which are nearly impossible to kill with pesticides alone. Chemical treatments require multiple applications over 4-6 weeks, and bed bugs have developed resistance to many common pesticides. Our 98% first-visit success rate with heat treatment compared to the industry average of 40-60% success with chemicals proves this method’s superiority. Heat treatment is also the safest approach for families, pets, and sensitive environments like hotels and healthcare facilities because it uses no pesticides.

Residential pest control focuses on family and pet safety with eco-friendly methods, addressing common pests in smaller areas with less frequent treatments—typically quarterly service programs. Commercial pest control addresses larger, more varied environments with strict regulatory requirements, broader pest types, more frequent or customized treatment schedules, and extensive documentation for compliance. Bug Masters specializes in both: we protect Arkansas homes with safe, effective quarterly programs, and we serve some of the most demanding commercial environments in pest control including food processing facilities audited by AIB and SQF, healthcare settings with zero tolerance for contamination, and hospitality properties where reputation depends on remaining pest-free. We bring the same zero-tolerance, elimination-focused approach to every property regardless of size.