IDENTIFICATION

QUICK OVERVIEW

Bed bugs are found commonly hidden in beds and in cracks and crevices in walls and floors etc.in homes. In general, they are found in places where humans spend a lot of time in hotels, couches, hostels, airplanes, couches etc. Bed bugs feed on the blood of warm-blooded animals and they prefer to feed on humans as sleeping humans in night are an easy target, moreover unlike animals which have fur on their body, human skin is easy for their mouth parts to penetrate and suck blood.

When bed bugs feed on the host i.e., humans, they inject their saliva and anaesthetic in human body which prevents blood clotting and does not let’s feel the host that he is being bit respectively. Bed bugs do not spread disease, but their bites can become red, itchy welts.

CONTACT A PROFESSIONAL

The below mentioned methods and measures if followed properly help to reduce the number of pests in your surroundings, but you cannot eradicate them completely, so if these pests are not controlled by you and are in a large number then seek for professional support from Pest Control Services.

BED BUG CONTROL MEASURES

To control bed bugs

• Wash your laundry properly.
• Place your mattress in sunshine atleast once a month.
• They can come from other infested areas or from furniture which you purchase for your house.
• They can hide in purse,backpack,luggage,pillows etc. and travel from infested area to new area.
• Use bed bug spray for initial protection and control and if they go uncontrolled, call a professional.

PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT PEST INFESTATION

1. Know your pest

Before you know about the precautions to avoid pests firstly you need to know which insects are a not a pest for you but you feel them as a pest. The insects like honey bees, wasps, yellow bees, ants, lizards etc. are your friends. They are classified as friends a they are harmless to humans and help in controlling other pests harmful to humans by killing them or by eating them. They are only felt as pests by humans if they are found in large numbers around humans and humans feel that they are dangerous to their children. But the fact is that it is a myth that they are harmful for humans, if such is the scenario then the best method to find a solution for them is to relocate them rather than to kill them.

2. Keep your kitchen area clean

The pests like to thrive in dirty and damp areas with plenty of food, and kitchen is the best area they can find which fulfils all these requirements of the pests at the same time. So proper wiping and cleaning of shelves and regular brooming of the kitchen is a must to ensure that your house does not get a pest infestation.

3.Keep your bathroom area clean

After kitchens the bathroom turns out to be the most loved area by the pests. Pests like cockroaches, drain flies, mosquitoes etc. hide and propagate in bathrooms so it is advised to keep them clean.

4. Do not allow water stagnation

The pests like mosquitoes etc. breed in stagnant water. They are the agents which cause diseases like malaria, dengue etc. They can breed in stagnant water in the potholes, empty vessels, clogged sewer lines etc. so it is our duty to keep our surroundings free from the standing water and guard us and our family from the mosquitoes.

5. Dispose off garbage properly

The garbage including household wastes and the kitchen waste should be disposed off properly. It should not be littered in empty plots near your houses rather it should be put in municipality garbage boxes. This garbage if littered in the empty plots and other areas, becomes an excellent breeding ground for mosquitoes, rats, cockroaches etc. and hence are troublesome for the people living around.

6. Use nets on windows in houses

Another best way to protect your selves from flying pests is to install metallic nets on your windows which acts as a physical barrier and prevents the entry of flying pest in your homes.

7. Maintain your lawns

If you are passionate of keeping plants and have a lawn or a garden, then you should take its care properly and fill all unwanted holes or pits where water can stand, if you have a pond or a fountain then you need to check for water stagnation in it and ensure that it is cleaned on a regular basis so that unwanted pests like rats, mosquitoes, ants etc. can be avoided.