Bed Bugs Are Not Attracted To Dirt So Why Do We Get Them?

By Author: Bryson Kaleb
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There is a stigma about bed bugs that has been around since the discovery of bed bugs, and that is that bed bugs are a sign of a dirty or unclean home. This is not true; however, if there are bed bugs in a home, office, or any other building, they do need to be destroyed before an outbreak occurs. Years ago, a company with a large logo van would come to the home and workers in space looking gear would put a big tent around the home. Everyone on the block knew what was happening, and often this would not only disrupt the family for a period of time (because they could not stay in the home until the project was completed) but families could also be outcast from their neighborhood just for having bed bugs. Bed bug heat treatments are a modern and less conspicuous method of disposing of bed bugs.

Bed bugs are not attracted to dirt so why do we get them?

This myth of bed bugs being in dirty homes or even cheap hotels has been around for a long time. Bed bugs are attracted to humans, and because they feed of blood (they do prefer human blood) and not dirt, and so there is no correlation between clean homes and dirty ...
... homes. The one thing is that, in a dirty or untidy home bed bugs can hide and be unnoticed until there is an outbreak. Unfortunately, families and business that do not have a lot of money often do not treat for bed bugs until it is too late. There are treatments that can help—and they do it for less than the traditional methods cost. Plus, it’s way better for the environment.

Bed bugs have evolved to sense the heat and environmental ques of human presence. Bed bugs travel from person to person (or in suitcases etc.). When someone comes into contact with someone who has bed bugs (they may not even know it), there is a chance that the bed bug can then jump to the next person who will then bring it into their home or business. This one bed bug then multiplies and can infect a home, an entire apartment building, or office. Bed bug heat treatment can rid bed bugs safely.

Will Bed bug heat treatment work

Like many other pests, bed bugs have begun to evolve and are developing a resistance to the chemicals that were used to kill them. Bed bug heat treatment is a modern option to rid your home or business of bed bugs. Using a single heat application can get rid of bed bugs while following all environmental laws and is environmentally friendly. Chemical free heat treatment can often be done in 8 hours and does not require that families move out and is safe and odorless unlike using chemicals to kill these pests.

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