Valpas Guide
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  • Get Started
  • Installation
    • Parts of Valpas
    • Gateway
      • Gateway Whitelisting
    • Valpas Bed Legs
      • Configuring smart legs with Valpas app
      • Wall mount
    • Routing Devices
    • Troubleshooting
      • Replacing broken cassette
      • Gateway Offline
      • Room Offline
  • Mobile App
    • Download
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    • Tasks
  • Desktop app
    • Login
    • Hotel Overview
    • Digital certificate of safety
    • History
    • Old desktop app
      • Overview
      • Feed
      • Rooms
      • Profile
      • Settings
  • Room tasks
    • Tools
    • Resolving a detection
      • 1️⃣Find the leg with the blinking red light
      • 2️⃣Empty cassette
      • 3️⃣Check for any bugs inside the inspection jar
      • 4️⃣Clean the module and then re-insert it into the leg
      • 5️⃣Dispose of the bugs by flushing them
      • 🛑(OLD VERSION) Update the desktop app
    • Bed bug found (Room inspection)
      • Room inspection checklist
    • (OLD VERSION) Offline & Sensor Calibration
    • (OLD VERSION) Out of leg
    • (OLD VERSION) Empty/Low battery
  • Affiliate
    • Website Label
    • Website Room Description
    • Instagram
    • Booking.com
  • Other
    • Handling a Guest's Suspicion of Bed Bugs
    • Mobile App
  • Support
    • Contact
    • Valpas Dashboard
    • Valpas Website
  • Precautions & Legal notices
    • Precautions / Hazards
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Check for any bugs inside the inspection jar

Detect any findings

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Last updated 11 months ago

If no bugs are visible, it may be sufficient to simply it back into the leg.

Inspection of the contents is easier when the inspection jar is placed on a white surface, such as a paper towel or other light-colored material.

Detect bed bugs

Bed bugs have distinct characteristics that can help with their identification, including:

  • Flat body shape

  • Brown or reddish-brown coloration

  • Six legs and two antennae

  • Adult bed bugs typically measure around 5-7 mm in length, while younger bed bugs (nymphs) can be as small as 1.5 mm.

Other findings

Most common findings:

  • Dust, sometimes too much dust in the module triggers detection alert.

  • Other insects

If you discover any bed bugs, it's important to conduct a to prevent the spread of the infestation.

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room inspection
clean the module before re-inserting
Image showing bed bugs in various stages of their life cycle