A review of Bed Bugs in Prestwich,Whitefield and Swinton in 2010
One of the most hated and misunderstood pests known to man is the bed bug Cimex lectularius. Most of us dozed off to sleep at night as children with the words of our elders in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”
Bed Bugs probably started to dine on mankind at around the period we started sleeping in, bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella primarily fed on bats and it is probable that bat feeding species of bug evolved to predate on the blood of human beings when our ancestors began dwelling in bat infested caves.
Until the invention of DDT in the early part of the 20th century bed bugs were common pests in most poor quality homes.
The later decades of the 20th century saw pest control companies dealing with very few bed bug infestations indeed, their presence being largely restricted to cheap holiday lodgings and student lodgings etc.
Many people confuse dust mites, which aren’t visible to the naked eye, with bed bugs which most definitely are.
Adult bedbugs are reddy-brown, about a a few milemetres in size and very engorged after a feed of human blood.
In the absence of a suitable human target to feed on they can lay dormant for lengthy periods of up to 18 months.
Signs of a bed bug infestation are usuallyspots of blood on duvets and on the edges of mattresses and some people can react extremely badly to their bites.
The first decade of the 21st century has seen bed bug reports expanding across the whole globe, the cheap availability of international travel and economic migration have both been blamed for the comeback.
What is definite is that that are now making a real comeback not only in low quality properties but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.
One night stay in an infested premises is all it needs, they stowaway in your clothing 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 to work on an infested tube or train can be all it takes to bring the these pests into your own house.
They are an tricky pest to deal with as contrary to popular opinion they do not just stay in beds. They infest any nook and cranny conveniently close to a sleeping target, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed-side telephones etc and clearing them is both difficult and time consuming. They have even been revealed found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the creases of flesh on grossly over-weight people.
They are not a pest that can be tackled by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be needed.
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