Bed Bug infestations in Bramhall, Handforth and Stockport in 2010
April 21, 2010 | In: General
One of the most hated and least known pests known to science is the bed bug C lectularius. Most of us dozed off to sleep at night as infants with the words of our parents in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”
Bed Bugs could have started to feed on man at about the time we started living in, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella mostly feed on bats and it is likely that bat feeding species of bug evolved to predate on the blood of human beings when our ancestors commenced sleeping in bat infested caves.
Before the arrival of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were common unwelcome guests in most poor quality homes.
The later part of the 20th century saw pest control professionals called out to very few bed bug call outs indeed, their presence being mainly restricted to cheap holiday camps and student halls etc.
Most people confuse dust mites, which can’t be seen by to the naked eye, with bed bugs which most definitely are.
Adult bedbugs are reddish, about a a few milemetres in size and very engorged after dining on human blood.
Lacking a suitable human being to feed on they can remain dormant for periods of up to 18 months.
The initial signs of a bed bug problems are usuallyspots of blood on bed-sheets and on the edges of mattresses and some people can react extremely badly to their bites.
The early 21st century has seen bed bug infestations expanding across the whole world, the easy availability of world travel and economic migration have both been cited as reasons for the resurgence.
What is positive is that that are now making a real comeback not only in low quality properties but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.
A single stay in an infested bed is all it requires, they secret themselves in your clothing or bags. Pest control professionals are also now seeing cases of transport related bed bug infestations on trains, tubes and buses so a simple trip to work on an infested tube or train can be enough to bring the these insects to your own house.
They are an difficult pest to deal with as contrary to popular opinion they do not just hide in beds. They live in any nook and cranny conveniently 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 discovered found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the creases of flesh of very over-weight people.
They are not a pest that can be eradicated by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be required.
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