Bed bug bites are becoming much more common in Toronto and to get rid of bed bugs you always need an exterminator. Here are a few facts about bed bugs and bites:
• Bed bugs are small, red, flat, oval non flying insects that live off of human blood.
• As their name suggests, they live in your bed, but they also reside in soft furnishings, carpets and small cracks and crevices.
• They are nocturnal and only tend to feed at night, leaving the signature mark of a bed bug bite.
• They are shy – which is why they are difficult to find.
• They leave behind their faeces which are small dark red specks. These can often be found in an infected bed.
• When they bite humans, bed bug bites cause small red welts that are itchy.
• They rarely hurt when they bite.
• Some humans are allergic to bed bug bites.
• If you are bitten by bed bugs, there is usually no treatment required, although steroid or anti histamine creams may remove the itching.
• The face, neck, arms and hands are the most common place to get bed bug bites.
• They do not carry disease as is often thought.
• The bites are sometimes mistaken for flea bites. Bed bug bites happen at night which is the easiest way to decide what you are being bitten by.
• Bed bugs infect clean and dirty houses and hotels – they just need a ready supply of human blood.
• They travel by crawling through crevices and cracks.
• They travel from place to place, usually attached to your night clothes and tucked happily into your luggage.
• The increase in travel has meant that bed bugs can now travel from place to place quite easily and happily.
• Bed bugs can starve for several months so can sleep happily in your suitcase until they are able to eat once again.
• Home remedies to get remedies do not usually work.
• You need a professional Toronto exterminator to get rid of bed bugs.
• They will steam, spray and vacuum to eradicate your bed bug infestation.
• Your Toronto pest controller will fill in all the possible crevices and cracks where the bed bugs may be hiding.
• You may have to throw out or burn an infected mattress as there are no sprays that can penetrate the material.
So if you think that you have a bed bug infestation, get rid of your bed bugs with a Toronto exterminator.