Bedbugs have a flat body, brownish and very tiny, that can get inside your home very easily. Sometimes when you are in public places like hotel rooms, buses, trains, lounges, etc. bed bugs crawl into your bag pack or under your clothes, undetected. After that when you come to your home these pests get off and spread across your home. Their favorite place for residing in your home is your bedroom as it’s the only place where they can easily feed on your blood while you are asleep.
Once they have settled in your bedroom, they start breeding and spreading. They are so tiny that you might not even be able to notice their movement until it’s too late. That’s why you must always keep your eyes open for seeing their signs of infestation.
Once they have spread in your home, it becomes very difficult to control them and make your house bed bug-free. Most of the time you will only be able to notice them after you’ve been bitten by them several times.
Most of the time you won’t be able to identify their bites as it does not leave behind any rashes or marks after biting. Your skin would look perfectly normal but you will only feel an itch on your skin. Bed bugs come out at night when you are deep into your sleep. They find an exposed area and start digging their beak inside your skin. After 5-10 minutes, when they are full, they silently leave without any trace.
There are many instances in which people thought that their house has been infested by mosquitoes or ants but afterward it turned out to be bed bugs. So if you want to be sure about what kind of pest problem you are having at your home, then please look for other signs of infestation.
If you were completely fine when you went to sleep but in the morning you are having the itching sensation on your exposed body parts, then it can be possible that you have bed bugs in your bed. Here are several other signs of bed bug Infestation:
If any of these signs are there in your bedroom then there’s a fair chance that your house has been infested by bed bugs. But you should not panic and start searching for them. In a situation like this, you must always remove the bedsheet and pillow covers to inspect them properly. After that remove the mattress and look for bed bugs in the corners of the bed as well as in the crevices.
Other places where you should look for bed bugs are curtains, carpet, inside drawers, behind books, near switches, lamps, etc. These pesky bugs can be literally anywhere inside your house so you have to be extra careful while searching for them.
Once you have thoroughly looked around your home for bed bugs and found enough evidence of their existence, now you have to perform different tasks to get rid of these pests:
Even after doing all this, your mattress still has bed bugs then you must replace your mattress immediately. Otherwise, you can get in touch with professional pest controllers like Major Pest Control who will help you. Major Pest Control is among the leading pest controllers in Geelong and our staff has years of practice in making our customer’s property pest-free. We only use eco-friendly products, that have no negative impact on nature as well as your family. So if you are looking for bedbug pest control in Geelong, then just give Major Pest Control a call and we’ll be on our way.
