Bed Bugs are approaching pandemic proportions in many areas ranging from residential homes to 5 star hotels. Bed bug infestations have to be dealt with quickly and immediately to ward off to a plethora of unwelcome conditions including disease, frigntening, sleeplessness and serious mental distress.
The terror of bed bugs dinning on you or your children can be in front to virtual psychosis since bed bug bites are not merely terrifying, they are also agonizing, insanitary and can cause terrible itching and distress.
Bed bugs can fit into the smallest of concealed areas requiring a thorough and strong management designed for complete eradication of bed bugs.
Bed bugs hide in all sorts of cracks and crevices including: Mattresses, bed sheets, baseboards, electrical outlets, picture frames, and furniture. Bed bugs feed on blood and their bites can leave inflamed, bloody welts on the skin that can cause allergic reactions.
A single female bed bug lives up to 2 years and can lay up to 500 eggs with all female offspring laying up to 500 more! They crawl on the ceiling and crash down on you to fill up on your blood while you and your children are sleeping.
To kill bed bugs is a difficult task, it takes persistence backed by a certified pest control technician to ensure that the bugs go awayin favor ofand never reinfest!
An integrated pest management (IPM) approach that involves multiple tactics, such as preventive measures, sanitation, and materials applied to targeted sites. Hire the services of a certified pest control operator. Knowledgeable companies know where to look for bed bugs, and have an assortment of management tools at their disposal.
Owners and occupants will need to assist the professional in significant ways. Affording access for inspection and service is important, and excess clutter ought to be removed. In certain cases, bug-ridden mattresses and box springs will need to be discarded. Since bed bugs can moveefusalthroughout a building, it is necessary to inspect adjoining rooms and apartments
Service bed bugs with Rubbing Alcohol, this kills them on contact. Use the rubbing alcohol to kill the visible eggs. Then call an pest control operator.
Bag and clean (120�F minimum) or discard contaminated bedding or garments, since these items cannot be treated with insecticides. Smaller items that cannot be cleaned can on occasion be de-infested by heating. Individual items can be wrapped in plastic and placed in a warm, sunny location for at least a few days (the 120�F minimum target temperature should be monitored with a thermometer). Bedbugs also will die in to fridgid temperatures below freezing, however, the chilling period must be maintained for at least two weeks. Attempts to rid an entire home or apartment of bed bugs by raising or lowering the thermostat will be entirely unsuccessful. So don'nt try it.
Vacuum the house to remove bugs and eggs from mattresses, carpet, walls, and other surfaces. Pay special attention to seams, tufts and edges of mattresses and box springs, and the perimeter edge of wall-to-wall carpets. Next, dispose of the vacuum contents in a sealed trash bag. Steam cleaning of carpets is also beneficial for killing bed bugs and eggs that vacuuming may well have missed.
Patch-up cracks in plaster and glue down loosened wallpaper to eliminate bed bug harborage sites. Remove and do away with wild animal roosts and bird nests.
Consider using insecticides.
Residual insecticides (usually pyrethroidsremainare applied as spot treatments to cracks and crevices where bed bugs are harboraging. Insecticide is potent when dirt and debris are moved from cracks and crevices. Many readily on hand aerosol pesticide sprays will cause bed bugs to scatter making eradication more challenging. Dust formulations can be used to service wall voids and attics.
Repeat insecticide applications if bed bugs are there two weeks after the first service since it is not easy to find all harboraging places and hidden eggs could have hatched.
Prevention
Be wary of acquiring used beds, bedding, and furniture. Such items must be examined thoroughly before being brought into the home.
Examine beds and headboards for symptoms of bed bugs while traveling, and place luggage off the floor.
Be aware that warehouses, cargo space facilities, trucks and railroad cars might be contaminated so common bed bugs can overrun homes by stowing away on new furniture stored oronhslightest frmightthe abovepreventthritis is also associated with gout.Ioned places.
Call a licensed exterminator. This is a messy job that you would be sorry you tryed yourself!
