Bed Bugs United Kingdom: Bed Bug infestations in Liverpool, Wirral and Merseyside

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Bed Bug infestations in Liverpool, Wirral and Merseyside in 2010

Jul 3, 2010

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

Bed Bugs probably started to feed on human beings at around the time we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and C pipistrella primarily fed on bats and it is probable that bat feeding species of bug evolved to feed on man when our ancestors started dwelling} in bat infested caves.

Before the invention of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were commonplace stowaways in most poor quality homes.

The later years of the 20th century saw pest control companies dealing with very few bed bug infestations indeed, their presence being mostly restricted to budget holiday camps and student lodgings etc.

A lot of people mistake dust mites, which cannot be seen by the unaided eye, with bed bugs which very definitely are.

Adult bedbugs are reddy-brown, about a few milemetres in size and very swollen after a feed of human blood.

Bed bugs regularly feed on human blood every seven to ten days, emerging in the hours before dawn and finding their target by sniffing the exhaled CO2 from human breath and when close in on their target, the heat from the body of their intended target.

Lacking a suitable human host to feed on they can lie dormant for periods of up to a year or more.

Bed Bug Bites

Often the first sign of a bed bug presence are spots of blood on sheets and on the base of mattresses and many people can react badly to bed bug bites.

The early part of the 21st century has seen bed bug numbers explode everywhere on the planet, the easy availability of international and economic migration have both been argued as reasons for the resurgence.

What is sure is that that are now making a real comeback not only in lower quality housing but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.

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

|One night away in an infested bed is all it requires, they catch a ride in your suitcases or bags. Pest control companies are also now reporting cases of transport related bed bug infestations on transport of all kinds so a simple trip home on an infested tube or train can be enough to bring the infestation to your own home.

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

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

Call Harrier Pest Prevention on 0161 930 8814



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