Basic Facts About Bedbugs:Bedbugs are persistent. Eradicating,exterminating or just killing an entire infestation requires persistence. Bedbugs can hide in extremely small cracks and crevices making it difficult to locate breeding sites. Bedbugs are rarely seen in daylight. They emerge from their hiding spots at night. Bedbugs can live a year or longer without [...]
Below is a great video and article by CNN London that shows a bedbug dog at work and gives an overview of heat treatment for bedbugs. Heat treatment is a very effective tool for killing bedbugs,but it is important to use heat treatment for bedbugs in conjunction with other methods such as:wiping down [...]
Below is an article from TravelChanel.com that provides some interesting facts about bedbugs.
The resurgence of bedbugs has many travelers’skin crawling. They are turning up everywhere,from hotels,planes,trains,even high-end stores. Bedbugs aren’t going away any time soon,so be on the lookout,and don’t let these travel pests hitch a ride [...]
By Scott Taylor LEWISTON — Professor James Dill got his first good groan of the day when he talked about the bedbug’s “piercing,sucking mouth part.”
The close-up picture on the screen behind him,illustrating the pest’s sharp proboscis,certainly added to the effect. A few people groaned;several laughed nervously.
And many began to [...]
bedbugs feeding
Bedbugs are attracted by the presence of carbon dioxide,which is what we exhale in breathing. An interesting fact is that bedbug saliva contains a numbing agent to numb the skin as it bites and anti-coagulant to keep the blood of its meal host flowing. Therefore,humans rarely feel being bitten,and [...]