One of the most detested and misunderstood pests known to civilisation is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us dropped off to sleep at night as kids with the parting rhyme of our guardians in our ears "sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite"?
Bed Bugs may have started to dine on human beings at around the period when we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and C pipistrella primarily feed on bats and it is probable that bat feeding species of bug evolved to feed on human beings when our forebears started dwelling} in bat infested caves.
Before the production of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were commonplace guests in most low quality homes.
The later part of the 20th century saw pest control companies having very few bed bug call outs indeed, their presence being mostly restricted to budget holiday homes and student accomadation etc.
Most people mistake dust mites, which aren't visible to the unaided eye, with bed bugs which most certainly.
Adult bedbugs are reddish brown, about a few milemetres in size and very swollen after a feed of human blood.
Bed bugs typically feed on human blood every week or so, coming out in the hours before dawn and homing in on their target by sniffing the exhaled carbon dioxide from human breath and when close to their target, the heat from the body of their intended target.
Lacking a suitable human meal to dine on they can remain in a period of dormancy for periods of up to a year or more.
The first signs of a bed bug infestation are spots of blood on sheets and on the edges of mattresses and many people can react badly to their bites.
The early the 21st century has seen bed bug reports explode across the planet, the easy availability of overseas and economic migration have both been given as reasons for the resurgence.
What is positive is that that are now making a real fightback not only in lower quality housing but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.
One London borough reports a doubling of bed bug infestations every year from 1995 to 2001.
One night stay in an infested bed is all it requires, they catch a ride in your suitcases or bags. Stretford Pest control companies are also now reporting cases of transport related bed bug infestations on tubes, trains and buses so a simple trip home on an infested tube or train can be all it takes to spread these bugs to your own home.
They are an expensive pest to deal with as contrary to popular notion they do not just live in beds. They hide in any nook and cranny conveniently close to a sleeping human target, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed side telephones etc and dealing with them is both tricky and time consuming. They have even been discovered found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the creases of flesh on very fat people.
They are not a pest that can be eradicated by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be needed.
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