Pest Control How To Deal With Bed Bugs

Most people think bed bugs are just a part of a childrens nursery rhyme

. But for one women who discovered beg bugs in her house found out the truth even though she was a clean person the bed bugs had had come into her home through a neighbours unit. The neighbour had identified a bed bug problem a few months before but had actually failed to disclose it to fellow tenants which led to this womens infected home.

Bed bugs are a growing problem in the north of England pest control managers have seen a massive increased in bed bugs in recent years. Bed bug enquiries are up by over fifty percent and a surprisingly varied amount of places are housing the infestations from homes to posh hotels college dorms and even some hospitals are reporting problems.

It is not clear what the exact reason for this bed bug resurgence is but it is a problem that is being seen growing across the world as well as just locally. The factors in its increase are down to a lack of public knowledge and awareness of bedbugs an increase in international travel and changes in pest control management are also major factors bed bugs today have actually developed a resistance to most insecticides that are on the market.

Bed bugs are hitchhikers said Pete Jameson. For example someone who has gone to the USA stayed in a hotel and brought bed bugs back in suitcase. That person then carries them into their house then carries the pest to work and so on.

Bed bugs are difficult to detect. It takes time to detect a bedbug problem which is part of the problem with infestations. It can take two to three months before bed bugs are discovered. Bed bugs are very good at hiding in narrow and tiny spaces for example inside the seams of mattresses or behind headboards as well as in the cracks of other furniture around the bedroom and house.

Bedbugs are most active between one and five in the morning this makes them hard to detect and they inject anesthetic when they bite. This numbs you to the bite and the pain. Three times their body weight in blood cant be drink when they bite you and a lot of people have no reaction to the bites. In the worst of cases a victim can be bitten hundreds of times in one night and have to go the hospital because they have lost so much blood.

What can be done to get rid of bed bugs.

Bed bugs are not caused by poor sanitation and cleanliness or a persons social status as some people think. Infestations start by bringing in an item that has bugs or eggs with it. A lack of cleanliness can make it harder to spot or control an infestation though.

When you travel make sure to take special precautions. One pest control employee said she immediately places her zipped suitcase in the bathtub when she arrives in a hotel room as bed bugs can not crawl across or up slick metal.

You should also inspect behind the headboard behind nightstands and if you can you should inspect behind all wooden pieces of furniture which is where the bed bugs might be hiding. You should also lift the covers of the bed and check the mattress seams and underneath it and check the box spring for black spotting indicating the presence of the bugs defecation of blood.

In the UK Bed bugs are not listed as a vector which means there is no reporting system in place when dealing with a bed bug infestation. The UK defines a vector as any organism which is capable of transmitting disease for example fleas ticks mosquitoes and rodents.

Bed bugs however are capable of carrying human pathogens but it has not been proven that they can transmit disease between humans. If bed bugs were classed a vector landlord and tenant laws could be rewritten to help landlords treat units effectively and help tenants comply with treatment requirements.

by: Billlly Jones

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