Bed Bugs Whitefield, Prestwich and Swinton.
One of the most hated and least understood pest insect species known to civilisation is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us fell asleep to sleep at night as children with the words of our guardians in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”?
Bed Bugs probably started to feed on people at about the period when we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and C pipistrella mostly fed on bats and it is probable that bat feeding species of bed bus evolved to feed on man when our ancestors started staying} in bat infested caves.
Up to the production of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were common guests in most poor quality homes.
The later part of the 20th century saw pest operatives dealing with very few bed bug infestations indeed, their presence being mostly restricted to low quality holiday hotels and student accomadation etc.
Most people confuse dust mites, which cannot be seen by the unaided eye, with bed bugs which most certainly.
Adult bedbugs are reddish in colour, about a quarter of an inch in size and very swollen after feeding on human blood.
Bed bugs typically feed on human blood every week or so, appearing in the early hours of the morning and finding their target by detecting the exhaled carbon dioxide from human breath and when nearby their target, they sense infra red heat.
Without a suitable human meal to feed on they can stay in a period of dormancy for periods of up to 18 months.
Signs of a bed bug problem are spots of blood on sheets and on the corners of mattresses and many people can react badly to their bites.
The early the 21st century has seen bed bug reports expoding across the planet, the easy availability of overseas and economic migration have both been argued as reasons for the resurgence.
What is known is that that are now making a real fightback not only in slum quality housing but top class hotels, schools and even hospitals.
One London borough cited a doubling of bed bug reports every year from 1995 to 2001.
One night stay in an infested bed is all it needs, they catch a ride in your suitcases or bags. Stretford Pest control companies are also now reporting cases of transport related bed bug infestations on all kinds of transport so a simple trip to work on an infested tube or train can be all it takes to bring bed bugs to your own home.
They are an expensive pest to deal with as contrary to popular notion they do not just live in beds. They live in any nook and cranny conveniently close to a sleeping person, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed side telephones etc and dealing with them is both tricky and time consuming. They have even been discovered found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the folds of flesh on grossly over-weight people.
They are not a pest that can be tackled by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be required.
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