Bed Bugs Stockport, Cheadle and Gatley.
One of the most detested and least understood pest species known to man is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us dozed off to sleep at night as young ones with the words of our parents in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”?
Bed Bugs may have started to predate on people at about the time we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella largely feed on bats and it is probable that bat feeding species of bug evolved to feed on human blood when our ancestors started dwelling} in bat infested caves.
Up to the production of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were commonplace guests in most slum quality homes.
The later part of the 20th century saw pest operatives dealing with very few bed bug problems indeed, their presence being generally restricted to cheap holiday homes and student housing etc.
A lot of people confuse dust mites, which aren’t visible to the naked, with bed bugs which deinitely.
Adult bedbugs are reddy-brown, about a quarter of an inch in size and very swollen after dining on human blood.
Bed bugs typically feed on our blood every seven to ten days, emerging in the hours before dawn and finding their target by smelling the exhaled CO2 from human breath and when close in on their target, body heat.
Without a suitable human host to feed on they can lie in a period of dormancy for periods of up to a year or more.
Often the first sign of a bed bug infestation are spots of blood on bedding and on the base 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 reports multiplying everywhere on the planet, the easy availability of overseas and economic migration have both been given as reasons for the resurgence.
What is certain is that that are now making a real comeback not only in slum quality housing but first class hotels, schools and even hospitals.
One London borough reports a doubling of bed bug reports 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 home on an infested tube or train can be all it takes to spread bed bugs to your own home.
They are an tricky pest to eradicate as contrary to popular opinion they do not just live in beds. They infest any nook and cranny conveniently close to a sleeping target, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed side telephones etc and dealing with them is both laborious and time consuming. They have even been revealed found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the creases 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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