subject: Locating and Getting Rid of Bed Bugs in Your Home [print this page] Locating and Getting Rid of Bed Bugs in Your Home
Bed bugs are small insects present everywhere in your home, your working place, garden etc. You find them anywhere and cannot avoid them because of the banning of DDT. Between 1950 and 1960, bed bugs were eliminated with the help of DDT spray.
If you think that you can avoid bed bugs by keeping your home clean, think again. Neat and clean households can also be infested with bed bugs. Mostly People think that only dirty places contain bed bugs, but there are equal chances of having infestation in clean places.
People normally don't know about the presence of bed bugs in their home. People don't know what bed bugs look like. Basically, bed bugs hide themselves due to their shyness. They don't fly openly in air like other insects. They only come out of their places when you lights are off at night.
If you know the color and shape of the bed bugs then you can easily recognize this insect with the naked eye. Nocturnal insects cannot be seen in daylight and bed bug also belongs to this family. Bed bugs mostly come out of their hiding place and collect their food at night. If you want to see bed bugs, early morning time is best because at that time they are over active. Bed bugs are reddish brown insect without wings. There body shape is oval and they are flat and round. You can also smell bed bugs. They have sweet, musty smell and you can easily smell them in your room if there is an infestation. Bed bugs always like to live near bedrooms. They don't just live in mattresses, but in carpet, wall sockets, and anything else they can crawl into. Sometime they are present under the dining room table.
If you want to find bed bugs in your bedroom, then first of all, check the mattress and change its position. After checking the mattress, check its edge lining and side tables. If you want to remove bed bugs from your house, use special bed bug spray.
Bed bugs are also present on clothes, bed covers, pillows etc, so always wash your clothes with hot water. You can also kill the bed bugs at freezing temperature since they cannot stand temperatures below freezing.
A final trick is to put your mattress out in the sun for a few hours. Bed bugs do not like extreme heat, and will leave your mattress.
