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One of the most detested and misunderstood pest insect species known to man is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us fell asleep to sleep at night as children with the words of our guardians in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”?

Bed Bugs may have started to feed on human beings at about the time when we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and C pipistrella primarily feed on bats and it is likely that bat feeding species of bugs evolved to feed on human blood when our ancestors started staying} in bat infested caves.

Before the production of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were commonplace unwelcome guests in most low quality homes.

The later part of the 20th century saw pest operatives called out to very few bed bug infestations indeed, their presence being mostly restricted to low quality holiday homes and student accomadation etc.

Many people confuse dust mites, which cannot be seen by the unaided eye, with bed bugs which most certainly can be seen.

Adult bedbugs are reddy-brown, about a quarter of an inch in size and swollen after dining on human blood.

Bed bugs regularly feed on a target’s blood every week or so, emerging in the hours before dawn and finding their target by smelling the exhaled CO2 from human breath and when nearby their target, the heat from the body of their intended target.

Lacking a suitable human host to feed on they can stay dormant for periods of up to 18 months.

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The first signs of a bed bug problem are spots of blood on bedding and on the base of mattresses and a lot of people can react badly to the bites of these bugs.

The early part of this century has seen bed bug numbers multiplying across the planet, the easy availability of international and economic migration have both been blamed for the resurgence.

What is known is that that are now making a real fightback not only in poor quality housing but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.

One London borough reported a doubling of bed bug infestations every year from 1995 to 2001.

One night away in an infested premises is all it needs, they hitch a ride in your suitcases or bags. Stretford Pest control companies are also now reporting cases of transport related bed bug infestations on transport of all kinds so a simple ride to work on an infested tube or train can be enough to spread these bugs to your own home.

They are an expensive pest to deal with as contrary to popular notion they do not just live in beds. They infest any nook and cranny conveniently close to a sleeping person, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed side telephones etc and dealing with them is both laborious and time consuming. They have even been discovered found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the folds of flesh on very fat people.

They are not a pest that can be successfully tackled by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be needed.

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