Bed Bug Facts and Help

Bed bugs have been a growing problem around the world in major cities for some time, and while we may be more aware of them than ever before, can we really prevent them from becoming a problem if we know so little about them?

My goal is to give insight into bed bug habits, their life cycle, and ways to identify potential bed bug infestations. First of all, they know no borders, they infest shelters, hospitals, houses, hotels and basically anywhere they can be transported to and find a food source, i.e. you or me. With the ease of transportation and travel in the modern lifestyle, it has never been easier to transport these insects than now, which is why there is an increase in reports about them and an increase in public awareness about them.

Hotels and hostels may have regular inspections to help identify any outbreaks quickly and ensure treatments are carried out promptly so as not to lose business, reputation and ensure they remain pest free, but when it comes to bed bugs in the home, they may not be detected as soon, but when they are noticed through the hood likely to be bitten, what are the options?

Contrary to some people’s belief, they are not invisible or impossible to find and with the knowledge of where and what to look for their presence can be identified. They will also leave excrement marks in the areas where they are found, such as the edge of the mattress, behind the skirting boards, inside the joints of beds or cabinets, closets and behind paintings and shelves. Also look for blood on the sheets and dead bed bugs.

Treatments vary depending on who you deal with, starting with follow-up inspections, having an insecticide spray treatment and using dogs to detect Bed Bugs is also available, there are also heat treatments and other less recommended methods that I have seen mentioned on the forums .

There are also other things to consider, let’s say you have bed bugs, would you tell your friends? Or not visiting friends, or preventing your friends from visiting you to eliminate the risk of spreading them to your property, maybe so, but I doubt that everyone takes such measures to ensure that bed bugs do not spread and it may not be possible to take them. . such extreme measures, and also such measures could only be taken once they became known, at which point they could have easily spread anyway, unknowingly and all this only adds to the current problems we are experiencing with the increased bed bug infestations. and its robust nature.

Therefore, treatment will usually consist, if done correctly by a professional, of at least 3 visits and probably up to 5 visits, again depending on the level of infestation and also the type of treatment being carried out and also the type of property. . , a house, apartment or in some cases entire apartment blocks, even hospitals in some cases.

It would be advisable to treat all the places where signs of infestation are found due to the difficulty of limiting bed bugs to a certain area and ensuring the success of the treatments, although this may affect the cost of a treatment, you should think carefully long term as if it is not done correctly the first time the infestation could continue as these pests are easily transported from room to room.

Depending on the type of treatment that is carried out will depend on the advice that is given regarding what to do with personal clothing and other materials but let’s say for the sake of arguments that spray treatment should be carried out in a house, which is very effective. if as I say it is done by a competent professional then the following steps should be taken before and during treatment: All bedding, bedding, clothing, curtains and anything else that can be washed at a high temperature should be laundered to To eradicate any insects on the materials, then the clothing should be stored in sealed bags and the bags should remain in place with the clothing inside the bags during treatment so as not to re-infest the clothing.

Beds will need to be disassembled and divans will require, if possible, having the base open so that the wooden frame can be accessed and sprayed as this is a common area to find bed bugs as they like to get in between the joints of cabinets will require emptying, drawers removed, sofas turned over so all areas can be accessed for treatment, all gaps, cracks and crevices, mattress edges, button areas and any hole inside the mattress.

They will go into the following areas and many more:

Bed frames, bedding, cabinets, cupboards, furniture, sofas, sockets, behind baseboards, books, clothes, bedding, behind pictures and posters, and many more places, so it is better to treat the entire property, they spread and can spread easily, so don’t leave it to chance by treating just one room unless you are 100% sure there are no other rooms that may be at risk of infestation and possibly require treatment.

Bed bugs do not respond well to high temperatures, so if you suspect you may have them, a tip is to turn up the heating when you leave your property and leave it in these conditions until you return home and then carry out an inspection of key areas. to see if you can identify bed bugs.

We hope this information is useful, remember that if you have bedbugs, act fast!