They are small parasite type, bloodsucking insects.
Some of these insects prefer to feast on human blood while they are
sleeping as opposed to other animals.
The bed bug is is able to pierce the skin of a
sleeping human with feeding tubes. Although they normally
prefer to feed ever 5 days or so, some have been know to survive up
to a year without food.
The scary thing is that some of these bed bugs that
are being found in urban areas have built up a tolerance to
pesticides and traditional methods used to eradicate the nuisances.
When one understands that there is an infestation,
you have to know how to get rid of bed bugs, because these little
critters can cause an enormous amount of stress, itching and
sleepless nights.
Bed Bugs – They Are Coming Back To Toronto
Yes I am sorry, but bed bugs are alive and well and
biting in Toronto. It is a myth that you only find bed bugs in dirty
homes. Bed bugs don’t eat dirt – they eat human blood and are quite
happy wherever there is a supply to be found.
It is thought that the rise in bed bugs in Toronto is caused by the
increase in travel and hotel stays. As people have travelled from
one country and hotel to another, bed bugs have travelled with them.
Nestling in the clothes that they first made contact with. So as you
open your luggage they have made their new home in your nice clean
bed.
Bed bugs are flat in shape and very shy creatures, so they
nestle in cracks and crevices and are difficult to find. They are
quite large for bugs, about 4mm so it is easy to see them with the
naked eye if they stray out at any time. You can also see their 'faecal
pellets' which are dark red blood stains, on your bedding.
You know if you have been bitten by a bed bug, if you come up in
small, red, itchy welts. Apart from the obvious discomfort, there is
no reason to panic as they are not known to spread diseases.
Although scratching a welt can introduce dirt and disease into your
body.
Old wive’s tales say that you can spray and steam them into
submission – but all that happens is that they hide from you. They
hide under the mattress, in bedding, in flakey walls or even cracks
in the furniture.
Getting rid of bed bugs in Toronto is always a job for the
professional Toronto pest controller. They will come into your house
or hotel and spray, steam, launder and vacuum to get rid of them.
They will also spray and seal areas where the bed bugs will hide.
A Toronto pest controller will know how to get rid of your bed bugs,
harmlessly to your family and guests as well as being very discrete.
They have done this hundreds of times before – because bed bugs
really are coming back to Toronto!
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