Enviroguard Pest Guides
Bedbug
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Bedbug (Cimex lectularius)Appearance • 3-5mm long. • Flattened oval shape (becomes rounder and darker after feeding), wingless, well developed legs for climbing. • Red/brown colour. • Mouthparts adapted to piercing and sucking. |
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Lifestyle
• Feeds on human blood, mainly at night.
• Found in cracks and crevices, seams of mattresses, bed frames, furniture surrounding beds, headboards, under carpets, etc.
Signs of bedbug activity include:
• Dark spotting or staining, which is the dried excrement of the bugs.
• Small droplets of blood on sheets and/or night clothes.
• Visual sitings of adults.
Although the infestations of the past have been reduced by improved standards of hygiene, bedbugs are perhaps the most important growing pest threat to hotels, hostels, theatres and public transport systems. Increasing in reported activity, bedbugs are transported in people's luggage around the world, are often resistant to standard insecticides, and can endure lengthy periods of starvation. It takes a truly knowledgeable and diligent Enviroguard technician with the latest equipment to eradicate the problem.
Read more at the British Pest Control Association.
For an efficient, environmentally friendly solution to your bedbug pest problem,
contact Enviroguard pest control – NOW.