14 Facts About Bed Bugs That You Need To Know

– Bed Bugs.

– Getting rid of bedbugs.

Bed bugs are scientifically known as Cimex lectularius. They are small, flat, parasitic and wingless insects that feed exclusively on the blood of people and warm-blooded animals.

These insects, though insignificant, are feared by many people. The fact that they feed on blood is enough reason to be afraid of them.

Facts about bedbugs;

1. They are bed bugs because of their preferred habitat in human homes.
2. Bed bugs are across the globe, that is, they are everywhere. They are neither continent based nor country based.
3. Their presence is not determined by the cleanliness of an environment or the living conditions of where people find them. Even vacant and seemingly clean homes may have bedbugs in them.
4. Bedbugs feed every 5 to 10 days. They can, however, survive for many months without any food and can live several months without a blood meal.
5. Bed bugs can also move from apartment to apartment through holes in walls and tubes that wires and pipes go through.

   

6. They hide during the day in places such as seams of mattresses, bed frames, headboards, dresser tables, behind wallpaper, or any other objects around a bed.
7. Bed bug infestations usually occur around the areas where people sleep. Such as apartments, shelters, rooms, hotels, cruise ships, buses, trains, and dorm rooms.
8. Feeding time for these insects is at any time of the day. Whenever they are hungry enough and if the opportunity is there, they feed.
9. They do not transmit infectious disease in the same ways as mosquitoes and ticks spread malaria or lime disease. However, there numerous health risks associated with the bed bugs bites and infestation.
10. Bed bugs can cause insomnia because they are capable of keeping you awake all night, thus depriving you of night sleep and exhausting you physically and mentally.
11. Bed bugs are experts at hiding. Their slim and flat bodies allow them to fit into the smallest of spaces and stay there for long periods of time, even without a blood meal.
12. Bed bugs can also move from place to place as people travel. This explains why they are everywhere around the globe.
13. When bed bugs bite, they inject an anesthetic that prevents a person from realizing the bite, so, it is hard to tell, unless you find signs of infestation on your skin.
14. Bed bug bites usually do not pose a serious medical threat. The best way to treat a bite is to avoid scratching the area, if you are unable to avoid scratching the bites, an infection may result.

However, you can get rid of bedbugs in your place of abode, you can use insecticide to get rid of them.