A review of Bed Bugs in Worsley, Walkden and Eccles in 2010
One of the most feared and least known pests known to man is the bed bug Cimex lectularius. Most 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 probably started to feed on mankind at about the period we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella mostly fed on bats and it is probable that bat feeding species of bug evolved to dine on the blood of human beings when our ancestors commenced dwelling in bat infested caves.
Until the arrival of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were common unwelcome guests in most poor quality homes.
The later decades of the twentieth century saw pest control companies reporting very few bed bug problems indeed, their presence being generally restricted to cheap holiday lodgings and student lodgings etc.
Most people mistake dust mites, which can’t be seen by to the unaided eye, with bed bugs which most certainly are.
Adult bedbugs are reddish, about a a few milemetres in size and very engorged after a feed of human blood.
In the absence of a suitable human meal to feed on they can lay dormant for long periods of up to 18 months.
Signs of a bed bug infestation are oftenspots of blood on bedding and on the base of mattresses and many people can react very badly to their bites.
The early 21st century saw bed bug numbers expand across the entire globe, the cheap availability of world travel and economic migration have both been cited as reasons for the return.
What is definite is that that are now making a real comeback not only in low quality homes but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.
One night away in an infested bed is all it requires, they stowaway in your clothing or bags. Pest control professionals are also now finding cases of transport related bed bug infestations on trains, tubes and buses so a simple journey home on an infested tube or train can be enough to spread the these insects to your own house.
They are an expensive pest to deal with as contrary to popular belief they do not just hide in beds. They infest any nook and cranny conveniently close to a sleeping target, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed-side telephones etc and eradicating 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 tackled by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be needed.
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