By Albert Wallas


Considered one of the common household pests, bed bugs have the ability to invade every area in your house that you often take for granted. These places are usually the poorly cleaned and hard-to-reach ones such as wall cracks and room corners. Bed bugs can also be found in bed sheets and edges of couches and cushions, giving them the opportunity to come into contact with you and suck your blood.

Flat and oval in shape, adult bed bugs can grow to around 4-5mm long and 3mm wide. Commonly reddish brown in colour, their body becomes swollen and they turn into dark red after sucking blood.

These parasitic insects have the ability to feed on their host's blood without being noticed. Their bites are generally seen on some parts of the upper body, such as neck, shoulder and arms, as well as on legs, feet and ankles. These can lead to several skin infestations and other health problems, including skin rashes, allergic symptoms and psychological effects.

The Proper Way Of Dealing With Bed Bugs

Bed bugs can pose a threat to the health of home and building occupants. Therefore, it is important to detect early any possible infestation at home or in the place you are staying to avoid unwanted health issues.

You can try using essential oils such as lemon and sandalwood that are known to be effective defences against bed bugs. Other than these, there are mild chemicals you can find at home that are also efficient. These are isopropyl alcohol and pure ethanol, which can kill both newly hatched bed bug eggs and the adult ones.

In certain situations, however, these techniques may not work to totally eliminate a bed bug infestation. This is when pest control professionals prove beneficial. They know best how to manage insects and pests such as bed bugs, mosquitoes and so on. A thorough examination of these pests' infestation at your home will be done, along with the assessment of the situation. These will help them identify the best approach to use.




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