Good night. Sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite! Don’t confuse these little pests with fleas when you’re trying to control them in your home or business.
What are bed bugs?
Bed bugs are small, parasitic insects that live on mattresses, box springs, and other furniture. They are flightless and instead crawl extremely quickly. The size of an apple seed, a bed bug survives off blood. Bed bugs live for between two and four months.
The most common way that your home becomes their home is by them attaching onto clothing or luggage that is moved from one infested area to a non-infested area. They then lay eggs and multiply quickly in their new host’s area.
Other ways you can bring bed bugs into your home is on used furniture, from travelling, or from school or boarding homes.
The most common way that your home becomes their home is by them attaching onto clothing or luggage that is moved from one infested area to a non-infested area. They then lay eggs and multiply quickly in their new host’s area.
Other ways you can bring bed bugs into your home is on used furniture, from travelling, or from school or boarding homes.
Can bed bugs make you sick?
 | While there’s no evidence that bed bugs transmit diseases to humans, there are a number of ways they can make you sick: · Many bites over time can cause significant blood loss or anaemia · Allergies to their droppings and remains can cause asthma attacks · Allergies to the bite, caused by bed bug saliva, can trigger hives, rashes, itching and burning · Bites can become infected · Scarring can occur and persist for months or longer · Sleep deprivation can occur from scratching or feeling the bites when they happen · Some people can have severe reactions including trouble breathing, severe infections, or anaphylaxis |
How do you know you have bed bugs?
Other than seeing the little things in the crevices and seams in mattresses or furniture, the two other ways you will know is:
- you will have small, red, itchy bite marks on you
- you will have small blood stains on the bed sheets from when you were bitten.
- you will have small, red, itchy bite marks on you
- you will have small blood stains on the bed sheets from when you were bitten.
How do you get rid of bed bugs?
Prevention is the best way to control bed bugs. Make sure you check beds in areas you know are prone to bed bugs. Clean and sanitise furniture when you bring it home.
If you’re unfortunate enough to bring bed bugs home; clean, clean, and clean some more. Vacuum large pieces of furniture, put bedding and clothes through a hot dryer cycle to kill egg/larvae/adult bed bugs.
Call a professional pest controller to spray for bed bugs. With a bed bug living for between two and four months, you may find that you need multiple treatments, especially if the pest infestation is large making it harder to control.
If you’re unfortunate enough to bring bed bugs home; clean, clean, and clean some more. Vacuum large pieces of furniture, put bedding and clothes through a hot dryer cycle to kill egg/larvae/adult bed bugs.
Call a professional pest controller to spray for bed bugs. With a bed bug living for between two and four months, you may find that you need multiple treatments, especially if the pest infestation is large making it harder to control.
How much does bed bug pest control cost?
The cost of treating a home for bed bugs will vary on the number and size of the rooms being treated and the size of the infestation. It’s generally cheaper to treat a one bedroom unit for a small and new bed bug infestation than a five bedroom two-storey home that has been home to bed bugs for months or years.
The best way to secure a price to rid your home of bed bugs is to contact the team at MD Pest Control for a quote. If you’d rather just be done with the bed bugs, then you can call or book a treatment online.
The best way to secure a price to rid your home of bed bugs is to contact the team at MD Pest Control for a quote. If you’d rather just be done with the bed bugs, then you can call or book a treatment online.
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