The Bed Bugs Menace – Problem and Solution

In: Internet Business

1 Dec 2009

Bed bugs cause unnecessary vexation to family members in countless homes. These bugs are notorious bloodsuckers and have a preference for warm blooded animals like cats, dogs and humans, with humans being their first preference. Furthermore, getting rid of them is not straightforward at all and it requires a serious bug control effort to remove them.

Travellers are mostly responsible for transmission of bed bugs, and once these bugs adapt to new surroundings, they reproduce very fast. Holes and cracks in room furniture and carpets are the common places for bed bugs to take shelter and flourish.

A common misconception about bed bugs is that they multiply because of lack of hygiene, but nothing can be farther from the truth. It must be remembered that blood and not waste is what attracts these bugs and thus keeping the house spotlessly clean does little to fight bed bugs. But cleaner surroundings facilitate better spotting of these pests and thereby getting rid of them becomes easier.

Another myth about bed bugs is that they are too small to be seen with naked eyes. In fact, these pests can be seen without any difficulty, yet we usually don’t see them because they have flat bodies that help them vanish easily in narrow cracks of furniture or layers of fabric.

Bed bugs bite. They can survive long without feeding – up to 6 months or a year.

One of the easiest ways to exterminate bed bugs is to hire an expert pest controller who can disinfect the house of these pests. However, if you want to fight bed bugs on your own, the next best thing to do is to properly wash carpets, bed linen etc. in warm water and then allow them to be dried in the sun. Gaps in the walls should be closed with a sealant, and any furniture item that has holes should be removed as they can turn into potential habitats for these pests.

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