Ways To Kill Bed Bugs
Bed bugs used to be a nuisance back in the early days, but they were nearly wiped out in the middle of the 20th century. However, bed bugs have been making a comeback lately due to the fact that less powerful insecticides are used today.
Another cause of the resurgence of bed bugs was due to more international traveling where people from countries with bed bugs would go to countries that did not have them. Hotels throughout the U.S. became infected by the pests as well.
Bed bugs can be hidden just about any place where they cannot be seen. They could hide in the folds of your clothing, under your mattress, in between crevices, and other nooks and crannies.
Bed bugs come out at night and drink your blood. They leave chemicals in the bite wound so that you will not feel pain. Once the bed bug leaves and the chemicals wear off, your skin will feel irritable.
If you want to kill bed bugs, then you would need to be able to find all the places where the bed bugs are hiding. If you left one bed bug alive, they could still mass produce.
Bed bugs usually hide in the mattress. So in order to kill bed bugs, you can get a plastic mattress cover and encase your entire mattress inside. This keeps the bed bugs from coming out at night. Hence, the bed bugs die of starvation. Be aware that you have to keep the cover on for many months because the bed bugs can go without food for just as long.
Once you kill the bed bugs hiding in your mattress, you need to do a sweep of the surrounding areas. Since the bed bugs could hide anywhere, you have to do a thorough check.
If you do not feel that you are proficient in finding and killing bed bugs, you may need to hire a professional exterminator. Exterminators know exactly where to look to find bed bugs and have power insecticides that can kill them.
Henry has been a professional exterminator for numerous years. For more information on how to kill bed bugs at home, please visit his website.
