A review of Bed Bugs in Oldham,Rochdale and Middleton in 2010
One of the most detested and least understood pest insect species known to the world is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us dropped off to sleep at night as youngsters with the parting rhyme of our guardians in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”?
Bed Bugs most probably started to predate on people at around the period we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and C pipistrella mostly fed on bats and it is probable that bat feeding species of bug evolved to feed on man when our forebears started living} in bat infested caves.
Up to the invention of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were common stowaways in most low quality homes.
The later years of the 20th century saw pest controllers having very few bed bug call outs indeed, their presence being generally restricted to low quality holiday homes and student housing etc.
A lot of people mistake dust mites, which cannot be seen by the naked, with bed bugs which very definitely are.
Adult bedbugs are reddish brown, about a quarter of an inch in size and swollen after feeding on human blood.
Bed bugs regularly feed on human blood every seven to ten days, coming out in the hours before dawn and finding their target by detecting the exhaled CO2 from human breath and when nearby their target, body heat.
Without a suitable human meal to feed on they can stay dormant for periods of up to a year or more.
Often the first sign of a bed bug infestation are spots of blood on bed clothes and on the base of mattresses and a lot of people can react badly to the bites of these bugs.
The early part of the 21st century has seen bed bug reports growing everywhere on the planet, the easy availability of international and economic migration have both been put forward for the resurgence.
What is known is that that are now making a real return not only in cheaper quality housing but first class hotels, schools and even hospitals.
One London borough reported a doubling of bed bug reports every year from 1995 to 2001.
|One night stay in an infested hotel is all it requires, they hitch a ride in your suitcases or bags. Pest control companies are also now reporting cases of transport related bed bug infestations on tubes, trains and buses so a simple ride home on an infested tube or train can be sufficient to bring bed bugs to your own home.
They are an difficult pest to eradicate as contrary to popular opinion they do not just live in beds. They hide in any nook and cranny suitably close to a sleeping target, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed side telephones etc and dealing with them is both difficult and time consuming. They have even been discovered found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the folds of flesh on very overweight people.
They are not a pest that can be eradicated by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be required.
Telephone Harrier Pest Control on 01257 230637
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