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Travel to various different countries worldwide nowadays makes the
transmission of these pests very easy. Bedbugs are normally 5-7mm long
with clawed feet that enable them to climb rough surfaces.
They frequently hide during the day
but heavy infestations sightings are possible.
Normally found in or around a
bedroom, bed bugs hide behind wallpaper, pictures, bed frames, even in
telephone handsets and televisions!
Thorough treatment is essential - we
recommend a residual surface spray, dust and ULV combined treatment is
very effective.
Bed bugs are traditionally
associated with poor hygiene, movement of second hand furniture or
antiques.
Advice for Bed Bugs:
Treatment with
Protector C, Fortefog Fumers and Agrothrin
These parasites are blood
feeders, and they crawl into beds during the night while
their victims are sleeping. The bite is painless and a
number of bed bugs may feed for an extended period of time
on any area of exposed skin. The resulting bite wound may
show generalized minor swelling into a raised bump followed
by itching. Fortunately, bed bugs do not carry or transmit
any human disease, but the mere presence of any
blood-feeding insect is disconcerting, at best.
Eggs are deposited in small cracks
in the bed frame, mattress seams, or in baseboards, trim or furniture
near the bed. The nymphs and the adults reside near one another,
hiding in such cracks awaiting nightfall when they might venture out
to feed. In some cases, the offending bed bugs are harboring many feet
from the bed in cracks in furniture, baseboards, doorframes, or even
within voids in the wall. If populations become large, or when a host
becomes scarce because no one sleeps in the bed for a period of time,
bed bugs may crawl into other rooms or squeeze through walls to enter
neighbouring locations. They may also be transported from place to
place hiding in furniture.
Bed bugs are still not seen much in
single-family homes, but they have become more commonplace in motels,
hotels, and apartment buildings. Typically, an infestation begins in a
single motel/hotel room or apartment and then spreads to neighboring
units. Bed bugs spend the day resting in cracks or voids of furniture
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