We Specialize in Bed Bug
eradication...
Not Just Bed Bug Control
To completely eliminate a bed bug infestation from a dwelling it is necessary to treat more than just the room where
someone is getting bitten by bed bugs at night. Most of the bedbugs will be in the room close to the person getting bitten, but they can travel quite quickly across floors, walls and
ceilings
(check-out the video link below). They get spread around the home when we move items such as; clothing or any other item that might have been kept in an area with a bed bug infestation.
Thus, bed bugs are also commonly found in the laundry room and the living room. If bed bugs in the living room find someone sleeping on the couch, that room also will quickly become infested. Thus, the best way to totally eliminate a bed bug infestation is to thoroughly treat the problem room along with all surrounding areas.
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Bedbug
Identification
Adult bed bugs
are reddish-brown to all brownish in color. They are oval-shaped, flattened, and
about 1/5 inch to 3/16 inch long. Their flat shape enables them to easily hide
in small cracks and crevices. The body becomes more swollen, elongated,
and dark red after getting a blood meal. Bed bugs have a beaklike
piercing-sucking mouthpart system. Newly hatched nymphs are nearly
colorless, becoming brownish as they mature. Nymphs have a similar appearance as
the adults, eggs are white and around 1/32 inch long.
Note: Bed bugs resemble a couple of other closely related insects, such as bat
bugs (Cimex adjunctus). In Ohio, bat bugs are far more common than bed bugs. Bat
bugs prefer bats, but if the preferred host animals are removed and the bat bugs
are left untreated, they will seek out a human host. If you visit or live in a
building with a bat infestation, this could be a possible source of bites.
Bedbug
Life Cycle
Female bed bugs lay
from one to twelve eggs per day. The eggs are deposited on rough surfaces or in
crack and crevices. The eggs are coated with a sticky substance to help them
adhere to surfaces. Eggs hatch in 6 to 17 days, and the nymphs will
immediately begin to feed. They require a blood meal in order to molt and grow.
Bed bugs reach maturity after around five molts. Development from (egg to
adult) is affected by temperature and takes about 21 days at 86° F to 110 days
at 66° F. Bed bugs can go without feeding for 80 to 170 days; older
stages can survive longer without feeding than younger ones. Adults have been
known to have survived without food for as long as 540 days. A bed bug can
consume six times its weight in blood and the feeding process can take 3 to 10
minutes. Adults normally live about 10-15 months and there can be 3 to 4
generations of bed bugs per year.
Bedbug
Habits
Bed
bugs are fast moving insects. They feed mostly at night when their host is
asleep. They use their sharp beak to pierce the skin of a host. Then, they
inject a salivary fluid containing an anticoagulant that helps them obtain
blood. Nymphs may become engorged with blood within three minutes. A
full-grown adult bed bug usually feeds for ten to fifteen minutes. After
becoming elongated after a blood meal, they then crawl away to a hiding place to
digest the meal. Their sole source of food is the blood meal they take at night,
either from humans or bats during the day. Bed
bugs hide during the day. They are usually hidden in dark, protected sites. They
seem to prefer fabric, wood, and paper surfaces. They are usually in close
proximity to the host, although they can quickly travel far distances. Bed bugs
initially can be found about in tufts, seams, and folds of the mattresses, later
spreading to crevices in the bed frame and in the box-spring. In heavier
infestations, they will occupy hiding places farther from the bed. They may hide
in window or doorframes, floor cracks, baseboards, furniture, electrical boxes,
and under the tack board of wall-to-wall carpeting. Bed bugs also often crawl
upward to hide in pictures, wall hangings, loosened wallpaper, cracks in
plaster, drapery pleats, and ceiling moldings.
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