Sleep tight, don’t give them an opportunity to bite.
Who are they?
Bedbugs are small, brownish, flattened insects; adult bed bugs are ¼ inch long and usually reddish – brown in colour. They normally tend to be active just before dawn, with a peak feeding period about an hour before sunrise.
Bedbugs are fairly fast in their movements, about equal to the speed of ants. They are capable of traveling as far as 100 feet (30 m) to feed, but usually remain close to the host in bedrooms or on sofas where people may sleep.
Bedbugs will target any area of exposed skin and they will bite both sleeping humans and pets, leaving a red, itchy welt similar to a mosquito bite. However the good news is that they cannot fly and aren’t the best climbers, so these methods can prevent them from getting into mattresses.
Possible Cures?
For example, bedbugs cannot cross petroleum jelly and have difficulty climbing metal or glass, hence each of the bed legs is put in a tin can (the bottom of which is thickly coated with Vaseline to avoid movement from the bed to the hiding places.
Dangers
Bedbugs aren’t known to spread disease to humans, although they may be host to the organisms that cause hepatitis B and Chagas’ disease.
If you think you have bedbugs in your house then call a professional exterminator, who may need to make several visits in order to successfully kill all the adults and eggs.
North West England has seen a rise in the number of people calling for this pests to be removed so if you think you are suffering then call the experts so that once more you can sleep tight.
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Article Source: Bed Bugs Biting
