How To Detect Bed Bug Presence In Your Home

Note that bedbugs do not cause any infection, but the bite itself can be pestering and painful. They can trigger allergic reactions and ramify skin infections. They also have a devastating socio-economic effect on residential and hotels infested by these troublesome insects. They can also adapt to temporary habitats like buses, trains, cars and travel luggage. If you are unable to spot them but you are apprehensive that they are present in your home, look for the trails. Their droppings leave spots that are reddish brown just like their colour. The droppings may sometimes be in the form of tint bead.

How to identify a bed bug infestation

Since bed bugs can be difficult to spot, not having seen one does not always mean that your premises is free of bed bugs. There are some clear signs of a bed bug problem which indicate an infestation. These are:

• Live bed bugs - Bed bugs come out at night and are attracted to the warmth of our bodies and carbon dioxide in our breath. They are flat and oval in shape and around 5mm in length.

• Hide-out areas - Bed bugs are usually found in bedrooms and hide in cracks and crevices during the day. The most commons shelter for bed bugs are in the seams of mattresses, in crevices in the bed frame, behind furniture surrounding the bed (especially the headboard) or where the wall meets the floor.

• Sweet scent - An established bed bug infestation is associated with a sweet and sickly smell.

• Blood spots and dark spots - When you have a bed bug infestation, you will be able to notice cast nymphal skins, faecal pellets, and blood spots on your sheets or mattress.If you have noticed any of these signs of a bed bug problem, an inspection by CLEANEAT will help to confirm a problem and enable our technicians to offer the best solution using industry leading bed bug treatments.

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