Bed Bugs Chorley, Preston and Leyland.
One of the most hated and misunderstood pest species known to the world is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us fell asleep to sleep at night as young ones with the parting rhyme of our guardians in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”?
Bed Bugs most probably started to predate on human beings at around the time when we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella mostly feed on bats and it is likely that bat feeding species of bug evolved to feed on human blood when our ancestors started staying} in bat infested caves.
Up to the invention of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were commonplace unwelcome guests in most poor quality homes.
The later part of the 20th century saw pest control companies dealing with very few bed bug problems indeed, their presence being largely restricted to low quality holiday homes and student accomadation etc.
A lot of people mistake dust mites, which cannot be seen by the naked, with bed bugs which certainly.
Adult bedbugs are reddish brown, about a few milemetres in size and very swollen after feeding on human blood.
Bed bugs typically feed on a target’s blood every week or so, coming out in the hours before dawn and locating their target by smelling the exhaled carbon dioxide from human breath and when closing in on their target, they sense body body heat.
Without a suitable human meal to dine on they can stay in a period of dormancy for periods of up to 18 months.
Bed Bugs
Signs of a bed bug infestation are spots of blood on bed clothes and on the edges of mattresses and a lot of people can react badly to their bites.
The early the 21st century has seen bed bug numbers growing across the planet, the easy availability of world travel and economic migration have both been argued as reasons for the resurgence.
What is sure is that that are now making a real return not only in poor quality housing but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.
One London borough reports a doubling of bed bug infestations every year from 1995 to 2001.
One night away in an infested premises is all it takes, 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 journey to work on an infested tube or train can be all it takes to bring these bugs to your own home.
They are an expensive pest to eradicate as contrary to popular belief they do not just live in beds. They infest any nook and cranny suitably close to a sleeping target, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed side telephones etc and dealing with them is both difficult and time consuming. They have even been revealed found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the folds of flesh on very fat people.
They are not a pest that can be dealt with by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be required.
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