Bed Bug Infestation Needs Immediate Action

by admin on March 21, 2010

100322 bed bugs 300x225 Bed Bug Infestation Needs Immediate ActionWhen it comes to bed bugs, you can’t go lazying around. At the first sign of their presence, you have to immediately execute an elimination process. If not, you will soon have bigger bed bug problems to face.

It happens sometime that we wake up at night because we feel that we are on fire. We feel itching on our skin and a lot of scratching finally makes us feel better. Sometimes it also happens that our kids wake up wailing at night and we are at a loss to understand what happened. If this continues for a few days at a stretch, then we must try and investigate the cause of this entire problem. Upon turning the mattress, if we find that there are some blood spots and some dead insects, then we will immediately know that there is bed bugs infestation at home. Upon this discovery, we shouldn’t waste any time and take steps to exterminate bed bugs completely.

Bed bugs are those small insects that reside in the folds of mattresses and other pieces of furniture like sofas and chairs. They are reddish brown in color and oval in shape. They are extremely flat and that is why they can reside in the tiniest folds of furniture. Beds bugs don’t have wings but are covered with fine hair. Adult bed bugs are 4 to 5 mm in length and 1.5 to 3 mm in width. If we compare them in size, they are more like lentils or apple seeds. They thrive on human blood. Bed bugs infestation can be detected when we face constant irritation every morning and have inflammations over our skin. Once detection is done, we must exterminate bed bugs without delay.

In the 1940s and the 1950s, people in North America managed to exterminate bed bugs almost completely. DDT proved to be very effective in eradicating them. However, after a few years of hiatus, bed bugs infestation resurfaced and there are many families across the United States that spend sleepless nights due to bed bugs. One of the primary reasons for bed bugs infestation is the use of recycled mattresses. People are also generally busy with work and cannot devote too much time in cleaning the mattresses and other pieces of furniture that are hotbeds for bed bugs infestation.

There are many pest control companies that specialize in checking bed bugs infestation because they effectively exterminate bed bugs. Although to exterminate bed bugs, there are various domestic methods available, for the best results to check bed bugs infestation, it is always prudent to hire professionals who know their job. These people use sprays and special furniture covers to drive away and terminate bed bugs.

If you want to exterminate bed bugs at home, then you can use rubbing alcohol. When rubbing alcohol is sprayed on bed frames, mattresses and crevices of sofas, bed bugs and their eggs can be removed. Rubbing alcohol can also be sprayed on crevices and faults in walls for removing bed bugs infestation. However, this is not a permanent solution. For the best results for controlling bed bugs infestation, steam is an effective medium. If a fabric steamer is used on the mattress at 120F for 20 minutes, it is a sure shot way to exterminate bed bugs.

There are so many ways to kill bed bugs. Whichever of those ways you will implement, there are three things you always need to remember: do it at the first of the pests’ presence, make it effective and make it safe. If you can do that, you can prevent the worse that bed bugs can bring all while protecting yours and your family’s health.

Check out this video for more tips to kill bed bugs.

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Tony King September 27, 2010 at 11:45 am

Bedbugs are one of the most difficult insects to control as they have evolved they have grown resistant to the weaker insecticide which have been imposed upon us by government regulations for our own health. This obvioulsy has an effect on pest control as well and hence the increase in Bedbugs.

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Tony King September 27, 2010 at 11:45 am

Bedbugs are one of the most difficult insects to control as they have evolved they have grown resistant to the weaker insecticide which have been imposed upon us by government regulations for our own health. This obvioulsy has an effect on pest control as well and hence the increase in pests

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