Bed Bug Moats a certain way to halt bed bug problems
One of the most feared and misunderstood pest species known to man is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us dozed off to sleep at night as youngsters with the parting words of our guardians in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”?
Bed Bugs most probably started to predate on people at about the time we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and C pipistrella primarily feed on bats and it is a fair chance that bat feeding species of bugs evolved to feed on human beings when our ancestors started staying} in bat infested caves.
Before the production of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were common unwelcome guests in most low quality homes.
The later years of the 20th century saw pest controllers called out to very few bed bug infestations indeed, their presence being largely restricted to low quality holiday hotels and student accomadation etc.
A lot of people confuse dust mites, which aren’t visible to the unaided eye, with bed bugs which most certainly can be seen.
Adult bedbugs are reddish in colour, about a few milemetres in size and very swollen after feeding on human blood.
Bed bugs usually feed on human blood every week or so, coming out in the early hours of the morning and homing in on their target by smelling the exhaled CO2 from human breath and when closing in on their target, they sense body body heat.
Without a suitable human meal to feed on they can stay in a period of dormancy for periods of up to a year or more.
Bed Bugs
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 the bites of these bugs.
The early part of the 21st century has seen bed bug infestations growing all over the planet, the easy availability of international and economic migration have both been given as reasons for the resurgence.
What is sure is that that are now making a real resurgence not only in low quality housing but first class hotels, schools and even hospitals.
One London borough reported a doubling of bed bug problems every year from 1995 to 2001.
One night stay in an infested premises is all it needs, they catch a ride in your suitcases or bags. Pest control companies are also now reporting cases of transport related bed bug infestations on tubes, trains and buses so a simple ride home on an infested tube or train can be all it takes to bring bed bugs to your own home.
They are an tricky pest to eradicate as contrary to popular notion they do not just live in beds. They infest any nook and cranny conveniently close to a sleeping human being, 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 creases of flesh on grossly over-weight people.
A of preventing bed bug infestation is to fit your bed with bed bug moats.
Bed bugs moats prevent bed bugs from entering your bed.
Pop along to the Bed Bug Moat site for more details.
They are not a pest that can be successfully tackled by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be needed.
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