Protect-a-bed bed bug proof mattress protectors covers a sure fire way to deal with bed bug problems
One of the most reviled and least understood pest insect species known to science is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us dozed off to sleep at night as youngsters with the parting words of our guardians in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”?
Bed Bugs most probably started to predate on man at about the period we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella mainly fed on bats and it is likely that bat feeding species of bugs evolved to feed on human blood when our forebears started sleeping} in bat infested caves.
Before the arrival of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were commonplace stowaways in most poor quality homes.
The later years of the 20th century saw pest operatives called out to very few bed bug call outs indeed, their presence being mostly restricted to cheap holiday camps and student accomadation etc.
A lot of people mistake dust mites, which cannot be seen by the unaided eye, with bed bugs which certainly.
Adult bedbugs are reddy-brown, about a few milemetres in size and engorged after feeding on human blood.
Bed bugs regularly feed on human blood every week or so, coming out in the hours before dawn and homing in on their target by detecting the exhaled carbon dioxide from human breath and when closing in on their target, body heat.
In the absence of a suitable human host to dine on they can remain dormant for periods of up to 18 months.
Bed Bugs
Signs of a bed bug infestation are spots of blood on bedding and on the corners of mattresses and many people can react badly to the bites of these bugs.
The early part of the 21st century has seen bed bug infestations expoding across the planet, the easy availability of world travel and economic migration have both been argued as reasons for the resurgence.
What is positive is that that are now making a real resurgence not only in poor quality housing but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.
One London borough cited a doubling of bed bug problems every year from 1995 to 2001.
One night away in an infested bed is all it takes, they hitch a ride in your suitcases or bags. Pest control companies are also now reporting cases of transport related bed bug infestations on all kinds of transport so a simple trip to work on an infested tube or train can be enough to spread bed bugs to your own home.
They are an difficult pest to deal with as contrary to popular belief they do not just live in beds. They hide in any nook and cranny suitably close to a sleeping human being, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed side telephones etc and dealing with them is both laborious and time consuming. They have even been revealed found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the folds of flesh on very fat people.
A of dealing with bed bug infestation is to equip your bed with Protect-a-bed bed bug proof protector mattress encasements.
Protect-a-bed bed bug proof protector mattress encasements prevent bed bugs from gaining access to your mattress.
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They 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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