You can pick up bed bugs almost anywhere: in offices, shops, hotels, gyms and so on. They can hide in suitcases, in your personal belongings or even on you. As soon as they enter your home they spread at an amazing rate and completely take over until you have no choice but to invite an authorized exterminator to carry out a pest control action. So the next time you happen to stay at a hotel or workout in a gym, take a few minutes and carry out a search preferably with the aid of a flashlight and check carefully on beds and behind furniture. Here are some rules that can reduce your chances of falling victim to a costly bed bug infestation:
- Ensure that the area around your bed is clutter-free. The less crowded the environment is, the less likely they will have a place to hide.
- Rinse sheets at the highest possible temperature.
- Carefully inspect secondhand furniture before putting articles into your home.
- In general, avoid collecting furniture from the street.
The Biology of the Bedbug:
The bed bug is a small insect that belongs to the Climicidea family. This particular species of insects are blood suckers and in Israel there are two types: the bedbug and the bat bugs. (The latter specie feeds exclusively on the blood of specific bats). As previously stated, bed bugs invade our lives in many different avenues but, mainly through infected furniture. The bed bugs are nourished by human blood, as well as through the blood of vertebrates and birds. They can be easily identified by their oval shape and flat bodies that enable them to remain hidden in inconspicuous places. They generally grow to an average size of 5 mm. and their skin color ranges from various shades of brown and red, and are characterized by a sweet and unpleasant smell, where dark spots containing dried blood can be found in their hiding places. And since these insects are incapable of flying, they always prefer to be close to their main source of nourishment namely humans (the sleeping bed environment will be the ideal environment).
The male can be easily distinguished from the female by its rounded abdomen as opposed to that of the male which is pointed. The bed bug rummage has a missing life cycle during lifetime there are 5 levels of nymph. Under reasonable conditions the life cycle from egg to adult moves in the region for 5 weeks. The bedbug can lay between one to five eggs per day, and throughout its lifetime it can lay anywhere between 200 and 500 eggs. At room temperature, with a sufficient food supply, they can live more than 300 days.
Bedbugs bites:
Bed bugs are nourished by blood and in order to survive they must suck blood every 3 to 5 days. Their reproductive capacity is rapid and depends on the availability of food. This is why early detection is critical for preventing proliferation. Bed bugs can carry diseases; however, they usually do not transmit diseases. They feed mostly at night but in extreme cases of hunger they will also move on a day to find a source of food. Integrated pest control is an effective way to implement solutions for monitoring and controlling bed bugs.
Bed bugs are cunning and hard to spot. Sometimes you wake up in the morning accompanied by stings in the abdomen and back and mistakenly attribute it to the mosquitoes. The difference between the mosquito bite and the bed bugs bite is usually in the intensity of the itch and the location of the stings, while mosquitoes sting the bare areas of the body the bed bugs will sting at the covered area of your body. The bed bugs bite will appear as an irritating blister, Sometimes the reaction to the sting will wake up after a few hours or days. Psychological effect has a significant role in the panic from the pest, because of the knowledge that there is an insect that “visits” you at during the night and feed from you.
Bed bugs in Israel:
Evidence of the nuisance of bed bugs was found in antiquity and evidence throughout the world. The development of the global world and the rapid transition of people from country to country have exacerbated the problem of bed bugs. Today many homes seem to be catching up with bed bugs more than ever before. The ability to move and hide makes it easy for them to move from house to house and develop into a troublesome level before we even notice them.
If you encounter bed bugs in your home, contact us, an experienced exterminator will come to your house to confirm or deny the existence of bed bugs. A qualified exterminator is able to find evidence of bed bugs and accordingly can provide a solution to eliminate them from your home in the fastest and most efficient way. Remember, if there is any doubt – there is no doubt, you have woken up and found on your body undefined bites? Call us and get the full information to quickly diagnose whether there is any concern that you have contracted the insect. If necessary, we will arrive at and determine reliably whether there is or is no need to carry out a bed bugs control action. Delaying the process will only complicate the treatment and cause unnecessary costs.