How to identify and get rid of bed bugs – pestie.com

Sleep tight: how to not let the bed bugs bite

Sometimes, comebacks aren't the underdog story we want to hear. That's true for the resurgence of bed bug infestations in the United States and throughout theworld.

Bed bugs feed on human blood, typically at night while you are sleeping. Hence the name "bed" bug.They crawl from their hiding places in your mattress, bite on exposed skin, and leave itchy, red marks on your arms, legs, back, face, orneck.

Even though bed bugs have been sucking our blood for the past 3000 years or more, there was a time when we had pretty good control overthem.

However, with increased global travel and less vigilant efforts, bed bugs are becoming more of a problem in homes. But it's not just homes that they can be found. There have been reports of bed bugs in hotels, schools, restaurants, movie theaters, and publictransportation.

Bed bugs are great hitchhikers. They can often attach to clothing, luggage, or other materials and establish their new homes wherever they endup.

Bed bugs are small bugs about the size of an apple seed. They have a large oval-shaped abdomen that is brown and flat if they haven't been feeding and then becomes reddish and round once they are full of blood. Like all insects, they have six legs and two antennae but lackwings.

They have mouthparts that are adapted for sawing into our skin to suck our blood without us feelingit.

Bed bugs are masters of hide and seek. They prefer to spend the day in the seams of mattresses or furniture and then crawl out at night, attracted to warmth and carbondioxide.

It's best to look for bed bugs under bedsheets and along mattress seams. They will also hide in many cracks and crevices of a bed frame. There's an inspection technique that if you can fit a credit card in the crack, bed bugs can fit,too!

Also, look for red blood spots on bedsheets, black feces stains, and moltedskin.

Adults are about the size of an apple seed or about inchlong.

Other insects, like fleas, small cockroaches, or carpet beetles, can look very similar to bed bugs. Carpet beetles and cockroaches are rounder and have different color patterns, while fleas are smaller and jump whendisturbed.

Bed bugs can be found all over the United States and worldwide. Their primary places of infestation include bedrooms, but they can also hide in furniture, baseboards, electrical outlets, andluggage.

Bed bugs can be very difficult to eradicate without proper treatment and hiring a professional is typically the most effective for bed bug infestations. While Pestie is a great indoor treatment and helpful in preventing bed bugs, we dont recommend the Smart Pest Plan for active bed buginfestations.

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