Bed Bug Treatment- All You Need To Know About

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Bed Bugs- Who they are?

You can find bed bugs in various places, including hotels, hostels and dormitories- all properties with a significant number of people. Domestically, they are commonly found in bedrooms and lounge rooms however, humans can carry them on clothing, furniture or accessories.

Some people refer to bedbugs as 'nocturnal suckers' - their bites do not cause any serious illness but can cause discomfort, sometimes causing swelling or itching of the skin.

If you have a bed bug infestation in your home, professional treatment is needed no matter how you respond to the bed bug bite.

Bedbugs are approximately 5 mm long, 7 mm after feeding, and flat oval with an angled mouth for strips. When the eggs begin to turn creamy, they are close to hatching. Therefore, depending on the stage of their life cycle, their colour may change. Bedbugs do not have feathers and can be found under bedding, sofas, bed frames, headboards, carpets, light switches, peeling paint, or wallpaper and picture frames.

Female bedbugs lay 3 to 10 eggs per day depending on their food source availability, and it usually ...
... takes 6 to 12 days for the eggs to mature. The hotter the weather, the faster they hatch. Females live for about 2 months depending on the conditions and lay 300-500 eggs in their lifetime. For example, suppose you are travelling, staying in hotels in that case, you may encounter bugs and accidentally bring them into your home.

Identifying these pests in advance is important as they can easily travel from room to room or between floors in a hotel or apartment.

Bedbugs live mainly at night and live on the blood of humans and animals, so they are often found close to where people sleep or rest. A bedbug can carry up to six times its weight at once. People are unaware that bedbugs are being bitten by injecting natural beauty while feeding. However, bites can be irritating, and an allergic reaction to their saliva is common.

It is difficult to tell the bedbug bite from other types of insect bites; However, the symptoms may include redness, itching, swelling or blisters that may appear as lumps or roughness on your body. Mosquitoes usually do not attach to our bodies. Instead, they crawl along the bed until they come in contact with the skin. Therefore, the only real way to determine if bed bugs are the cause of your bite is to check for small black spots or black spots on your bed and their faecal matter. You may also notice a sweet, unhealthy odour and small bloodstains. The bite can occur anywhere on the body but most often on the neck, arms, hands or legs where there are blood vessels.

Chemical-free bed bug treatment

Pest & Termites Company is proud to have invented its own bed bug treatment system that effectively kills both bedbugs and eggs without any chemicals.

Our thermal process creates a vapour-like atmosphere that heats the room, making it uninhabitable for bed bugs. Then, the worms and eggs die and are removed.

This bedbug infestation treatment is best suited for sealed rooms such as hotel rooms so that when the temperature rises, there is no place for bedbugs to escape. Additionally, you may need disinfectant bed bug treatments for old-fashioned rooms with cracks or crevices.

Chemical and steam bed bug treatment

Our chemical treatment at Pest & Termite Company is the perfect solution to get rid of bed bugs in older homes or rooms that are not sealed enough. Insect & Termite Company first thoroughly inspects and then physically removes all available bedbugs and eggs by vacuum. Then, we do final chemical treatments in all areas to ensure complete bed bug control. Evidence of bedbug activity can be found in the irritation caused by sleepers. You can also find them in bedding, cracks and bedding behind piping, skirting boards and cracks in furniture. They can also leave small dark brown markings on walls, sheets and other surfaces. In some cases, a 'buggy' odour may occur, where there is a large infestation.

Avoid bugs with these remedies

Although bedbugs can find cracks and crevices to hide in clean homes, low hygiene standards and poor housekeeping characteristics make them more susceptible to infection.

Make sure you follow these simple tips to limit your risk of starvation:

Practice good housekeeping and cleanliness
Use gap fillers to close cracks.
Thoroughly inspect old furniture before bringing it inside.
Steam your carpets and bedding regularly.
Conclusion

There has been a significant increase in bed bugs over the past two years, and further infestation requires professional treatment. Book your Bed Bug Pest Control Gold Coast with Insects & Termites Company and enjoy our 100% service guarantee! So do your home bug for free today.