What are Bedbugs and How Do You Know if You Have them?
Bedbugs are small, reddish-brown oval shaped insects. They are as small as an apple seed, and can be mistaken for other pests such as ticks or small cockroaches. Identifying bedbugs can be hard, but there are some signs you can look out for.
Probably, the most common sign of bedbugs is small, reddish-brown spots on your bed sheets. These spots are probably bedbug excrement, which may contain blood. These spots are usually found in clusters or lines.
Another sign of a bedbug infestation is the presence of tiny white eggs or shed bedbug skins. These can be found in the crevices of furniture, in the seams of bedding.
If you suspect you have a bedbug infestation, you should examine your bed at night using a torch as bedbugs are mostly active at night when it’s dark and they feel it’s safe to come out. You can also scrape the sheet using a credit card to see if you can find any eggs, shed skin or excrement.
Bedbugs are attracted to warmth and carbon dioxide which we exhale, so they are often found near sleeping areas or in areas where people spend a lot of time sitting or lying down.
If You Find Signs of Bedbugs Can You Use Pesticide?
If you are unfortunate enough to find you have bedbugs, there are a few options for treatment. You should however be mindful that trying to treat a bedbug infestation yourself using over the counter pesticides will rarely work. Over the millions of years, they have been around bedbugs have evolved to become resistant to many of the chemical pesticides we have used against them.
For this reason, the most effective pesticides are regulated and therefore only available to professional pest controllers. It is therefore recommended that bedbug treatment with pesticides is only undertaken by a professional.
Are There Any Other Treatment Options for Budbugs?
Yes, there are other options for treating bedbugs. The method proven to be most successful at completely removing a bedbug infestation is Heat Treatment.
Heat treatment works by raising the temperature of a room to a level to around 140 degrees Fahrenheit for several hours. Specialist heaters are used with fans to evenly distribute the heat throughout the room.
One advantage of heat treatment is that it can be effective in a single treatment, without the need for repeat applications. This can make it a faster and more cost-effective option than some other treatment methods.
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