Bed Bug Control
Bed Bug Control For Your Home
Author: Fran Phalin
No longer thought of as just part of an affectionate good-night saying to your children, bed bugs have become something of a real-life nightmare for everyone. In recent news in New York City, a wide-scale epidemic of bedbugs has broken out throughout the city and even posh areas such as the upper East Side have had major bed bug problems.
Experts believe that the cause for the rise in bed bugs are due to an increase in global travel and mobility, the banning of DDT along with reduced use of urban pesticides. Until recently, bedbugs were thought to have been put to rest since World War II.
While most bed bug situations that have arisen in Texas have not been as large-scale as New York City, there is still a huge and looming concern that bed bug incidents could multiply. Known commonly in Texas as "chinches," these bugs usually inhabit bedding and can also make their homes in luggage, furniture, clothing, and clutter on the floor.
The adult bed bug has a dark brown, wingless body with a crinkle shape on its "shell." However, once the bed bug has fed on human blood, its body becomes elongated and swollen, and changes from brown to a dull red. Its size depends on the amount of blood that the bed bug consumes. An unfed bed bug is between one-fourth and three-eighths of an inch long.
Treating Bed bugs
Getting rid of bed bugs can be tricky. New York Daily News provides the following Dos and Don'ts for dealing with bed bugs:
DOs
- Store all your accessible food in rodent-proof containers such as glass or metal
- Identify a reputable pest control company. It should be licensed, insured and state-certified.
- Bag up all clothing in plastic garbage bags, which must be sealed airtight.
- Dry-clean garments. Chemicals in dry-cleaning can kill bedbugs; washers and dryers will kill them only at temperatures above 140 degrees Farenheit.
- Bag books, papers, pictures, most loose objects and contents of closets to exterminators have access to all cracks and crevices in the home.
- Expect exterminators to apply restricted-use, federally approved pesticides and return for follow-up treatment
DON'Ts
- Don't panic: bed bugs don't carry or transmit diseases.
- Don't spray your home or apartment: It can spread or scatter the pests.
- Don't throw out mattresses or furniture unwrapped: They can fall off and infest other parts of the building.
- Don't put kerosene, gasoline, or chemicals on mattresses: It's a fire hazard and is ineffective.
- Don't reuse bags after vacuuming affected areas.
- Don't permit asthmatics, pregnant women, seniors or small children to stay in apartments or homes that are being sprayed with pesticides.
However, the best thing to do if you suspect a bed bug problem in your home is to get in touch with a pest control expert who has experience in handling and treating bed bug infestations. Pest control operators will be able to diagnose the problem and take the appropriate measures to treat your bed bug infestation.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/home-improvement-articles/bed-bug-control-for-your-home-313817.html
About the Author
Fran Phalin is a homeowner and freelance editor/writer on things that work and is based in Austin, Texas. Fran has worked successfully with the guys at ABC to get her bed bug problems resolved. ABC Pest & Lawn offers a comprehensive solution for getting rid of bugs in your life and home. Visit them at: http://www.abcpest.com/select_pest.shtml
November 30, -0001
12:00 am
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November 30, -0001
12:00 am
So, look at all these factors. If your mattress is quite new and costly, you should take it to the linen store for a good hypo-allergenic mattress cover. Close it with zip and don’t unzip it for at least a year. This will kill bed bugs within the case, but it might need at least a year for this to occur. However if the mattress is quite worn out and the fabric is torn, throw it away.
One additional point: if you are discarding furniture or bedding, tear it apart with a knife, so that it won’t be used any more.
http://www.bednmattress.com/category/Bed-Bug-Mattress-Covers.html
November 30, -0001
12:00 am
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November 30, -0001
12:00 am
Teh best success that I have heard of combines the PCO with a non-chemical approach that the homeowner applies. Bedbugs can becoem resistent to the chemcials that PCO uses so they will do no good on them.
You will need to either use a different chemcial on the last few or find something that works on them that they can not become resistent to.
Alot of people use either Kleen-Free or BedBug Terminator as both are enzyjme based and work to dissolve the skeleton of any bedbugs that they contact. You need quite a bit to spray yoru whole place and then respray ever day ro two for a while but it should kill whatver it hits.
Good luck
November 30, -0001
12:00 am
I live in Florida where tourism is very important. We’ve had several outbreaks of bedbugs in 4 and 5 star hotels and resorts. This is not good for tourism.
I personally think the reason for this is because businesses are cutting back on labor and operating expenses. As a result, the rooms aren’t being serviced (cleaned and inspected) as they should be.
I have no plans to stay at any hotels soon and warn people to take precautions if they do.
June 14, 2008
6:59 am
bed bug control?
pls. who can help me ideas how to control bed bugs in my room… what chemical should i use to eliminate this very disturbing pest..
July 11, 2008
7:57 pm
Please tell bed bug success. HaveU ever successfully gotten rid of bed bugs? # visits by pest control?
I have had two visits, but the guy didn’t spray very much the second time. I don’t really trust that he knows what he’s doing. Please tell me if you have a success story.
April 24, 2009
8:50 pm
Riteway Pest Control notices an increase in Bed bug work. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?
Thanks for responding Linda, unfortunately a Bed bug infestation has nothing to do with sanitation. Bed bugs are being brought in by the hotels guests.
Bed bugs can survive on only one thing…Blood! Adult Bed bugs can live up to a year without their food source.
October 26, 2009
1:51 pm
plz help.Any PEST CONTROL BED BUG expert in mumbai? my life is hell becoz of insects of all kinds. what to do?
I am beeing biten for months and months and months now and inspite of many measures, the itching never goes out. plz suggest something. names and numbers of pest control specialists in Mumbai.
June 8, 2010
2:16 am
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