About Bedbugs
Bedbugs occur worldwide and are most commonly found nearby sleeping areas. Bedbugs are wingless insects, roughly oval in shape, 4-5mm long when fully grown, and are fast runners. They are transparent to rust brown in colour and change to a deeper red-brown following a blood meal. They are blood-sucking insects that require blood for nutrition and development. Bedbugs do not burrow into the skin.
Being a cryptic species, bed bugs shelter in a variety of dark locations, mostly close to where people sleep. These include under mattresses, floorboards, paintings and carpets, behind skirting, in various cracks and crevices of walls, within bed frames and other furniture, and behind loose wallpaper. Bedbugs tend to stay in close contact with each other, and heavy infestations are accompanied by a distinctive sweet sickly smell. Blood spotting on mattresses and nearby furnishings is often a tell-tale sign of infestation.
Bedbugs are generally active only at dawn, with a peak attack period about an hour before dawn, though given the opportunity; they may attempt to feed at other times as well. After feeding for about five minutes, the bug returns to its hiding place. The bites cannot usually be felt until some minutes or hours later, as a dermatological reaction to the injected agents
The cryptic nature of bed bugs and their ability to hide in small spaces means they will be protected from pesticides, unless applied thoroughly and correctly. Bed Bugs are capable of surviving for many months without feeding, and can hide between adjoining apartments through cracks and holes from where wires and pipes pass. These qualities of bed bug makes, the bed bugs treatment challenging. Bed Bugs are one of the great travellers of the world and are readily transported via luggage, clothing, bedding and furniture. As such, they have a worldwide distribution.
PestWarriors™ Bedbugs Treatment And Recommendations
Please call PestWarriors™ as soon as you see bed bugs, because bed bugs will not go by themselves, and they will only multiply. Once bed bugs spread in big numbers, it becomes more difficult to get rid of them. We have latest technology to make your beds free of bugs.
Pre-Treatment Recommendations
- Please Remove all linen, clothing and place in plastic bags. Wash in hot water
- Please do not remove any furniture from the room as all furniture will require treatment
Post Treatment Recommendations
- Deny pests food, water and shelter by following good cleaning, sanitation and housekeeping practices.
- Minimise the risk of pests entering the premises by pest proofing the building.
- Improved hygiene and sanitation practices to ensure items such as second-hand furniture, luggage, clothing, etc, are checked prior to putting them into rooms.
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