Everyone wants to be able to get a full, good night of sleep. Sleeping soundly is easy for most people, but for some factors out of their control can affect how well they sleep. Bed bugs are on the list of these factors. Knowing ways how to kill bed bugs is essential.Being a flea like microscopic creature, the bed bug is a nuisance. The mainly feed on human blood while humans are asleep. The reproduction cycle of these bugs is astonishing. A female can lay over two hundred and fifty eggs in under one year. These bugs must be controlled as soon as possible.Knowing if you have bed bugs or not is the first part of the fight. Bites can not usually be felt while the victim is sleeping. In the morning, you may have irritated skin and red marks on your body. Welts can occur on the feet and ankles, as well as on the arms. If there is more than one spot on you that is irritated, you likely have an infestation.Solutions to killing these pesky creatures are almost limitless. One solution is very simple. Just clean your sheets and your mattress with a strong detergent. Sometimes this works, but if the colony is too large, it will not kill all of the bugs.Using a very strong fragrance on the...more
Bugs And Their CousinsThey usually hibernate inside homes and other warm places until the end of winter when they leave the buildings; but only after leaving their lingering odor so that they can be guided back to the same place year after year. This odor, apart from being their most distinctive feature, is also a guiding light to others in their...more
Waking up with unwanted bugs in and on the bed is highly unpleasant. An exterminator can be called, but to save time and money a simpler method is using Bed Bug Spray.Bed bugs are tiny rusty brown insects with six legs that enjoy crawling in suitcases, boxes and beds. They enjoy hiding in small cracks, and the bed has many of those hence the name. But the bed will not hold them back, and since they are nocturnal creatures they will attack a sleeping human. They have been known to bite and cause irritable itching. But this all can be stopped with spray.Many companies make spray to kill these creepy crawlies and at an affordable price. To use it is simple. Just spray the surface and let it kill and dry for about 15 to 20 minutes. That is it. The bed bug spray can also kill more then just the insects crawling inside the mattress.Most sprays will kill bacteria, fungus and even lice. But unlike disinfectants, the spay needs to be diluted with water and the spray in non toxic. It will not stain and bug spray will only do what it is meant to do, and that is killing unwanted guests. And the best part is the spray usually kills insects at an average of ten seconds. It is a fast killing...more
FleasFleas are wingless insects. They are bilaterally compressed and covered with stiff hairs directed backwardly. Strong legs help fleas to jump. They are of the Order siphonaptera which all display complete metamorphosis.MorphologyAn Adult flea is...more
Bed bugs are tiny parasitic insects that commonly dwell in human homes. There are two kinds of bed bugs. The first is, the common bed bug or cimex lectularius, the bed bug specie that can easily adapt to human environment. The second is the tropical...more
Bedbugs have been known to live on this earth for thousands and thousands of years. Bedbugs obtain their name from the fact that they mostly target people after they are snoozing in their bed. This characteristic connected with targeting persons in...more
Bed bugs tend to stay in crevices and cracks, wall hangings and the stitches of mattresses. The insects generally search for a blood meal during the night. The insects usually go undiscovered across human skin. Gorging on blood generally takes place...more
Following near eradication by DDT-based bug sprays in the 1950s, bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are on the rise. A worldwide scourge all through human history, bed bugs, fleas as well as lice formerly were frequent nightly bed partners. Proliferation...more
Bedbugs are small-about 1/4 inch fully grown, wingless parasites that are generally found in beds or other areas people or animals sleep and will fed on their host blood at night while the host sleeps.In the 1940's they were mostly exterminated but...more