Bed Bug infestations in Oldham,Rochdale and Middleton in 2011
One of the most detested and least known pests known to mankind is the bed bug C lectularius. Many of us fell asleep to sleep at night as children wit...
One of the most detested and least known pests known to mankind is the bed bug C lectularius. Many of us fell asleep to sleep at night as children with the words of our guardians in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”
Bed Bugs could have started to feed on mankind at around the time we moved into caves, bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella mostly feed on bats and it is likely that bat feeding species of bug evolved to dine on our blood when our ancestors began dwelling in bat infested caves.
Until the production of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were common guests in most poor quality homes.
The later decades of the twentieth century saw pest control professionals called out to very few bed bug call outs indeed, their presence being largely restricted to cheap holiday camps and student accomodation etc.
A lot of people mistake dust mites, which can’t be seen by to the naked eye, with bed bugs which most certainly are.
Adult bedbugs are red-brown, about a a few milemetres in size and very swollen after feeding on human blood.
In the absence of a suitable human target to feed on they can remain dormant for lengthy periods of up to 18 months.
The initial signs of a bed bug problems are oftenspots of blood on duvets and on the edges of mattresses and some people can react extremely badly to their bites.
The early 21st century has seen bed bug reports exploding across the whole planet, the easy availability of international travel and economic migration have both been blamed for the resurgence.
What is positive is that that are now staging a real comeback not only in lower quality housing but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.
One night stay in an infested hotel is all it requires, they stowaway in your suitcases or bags. Pest control companies are also now seeing cases of transport related bed bug infestations on tubes, trains and buses so a simple journey home on an infested tube or train can be sufficient to spread the infestation to your own home.
They are an expensive pest to eradicate as contrary to popular opinion they do not just live in beds. They hide in 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 of very over-weight people.
Bed bugs are not a pest that can be eradicated by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be needed.
Phone Manchester Pest Control now on 0800 019 8382