Bed bugs can live in any place of the home and can stay in small cracks in furniture as well as on clothes and upholstered furniture. They tend to be most common in areas where people sleep and generally focus in beds, including mattresses, and bed frames. Bed bug eggs are white in color and stuck to cracks on walls, furniture, behind wall papers. Majorly bed bugs are found in apartments, houses, hotels, restaurants, schools, hospitals and movie theaters.

Bed bug bites

Bed bugs are nocturnal and thigmotactic nature. They are most active at night and bite any exposed areas of skin while an individual is sleeping. The face, neck, hands, and arms are common places for bedbug bites. They start activity around 7-7.30 PM. Sharp rise in activity from 8-8.30 PM. Nuisance, sleepless nights, and physical stress are main problems.

Feeding takes about 3-10 minutes, after feeding the bug comes to its hiding place. Sometimes no reaction on Bed bug bites. Generally small inflammated bumps may occur those will disappear in 1-2 weeks. People will be aware of a bite after scratching it. Often bites may not be noticeable for several days. Bed bugs will feed every five to ten days. They can live up to one year without feeding.

Bed bugs control

Bed bugs are rising across the India because of globalization. Pest control companies reporting more call outs than ever before. Our controlling measures starts from inspection and followed by non chemical methods using with combination of chemicals to resolve long term control of bed bugs. Non chemical methods are alone cannot eliminate bed bug infestation completely. As the eggs take 7-10 days to hatch treatment will be repeated after 15-20 days.

They can be difficult to detect and complicated to get rid of. The best way to eradicate bed bug infestation by consulting a professional pest controller.