Bed Bugs

Bed Bug pest control should be performed by a professional pest controller and that is where Pest Control Canberra comes in.  We bring you an efficient family owned business that is able to provide, quick, reliable service at comparable prices.  Call Bob 0407 65 413 or email him at bob@pestcontrol-canberra.com.au

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Bed bugs are paracitic insects of the cimicidae family. Like ticks, they feast on the blood of warm blooded animals, such as humans, and can attach themselves to a host and gorge themselves while going unnoticed. They are largely though not completely nocturnal, and since sleeping humans are easier to prey upon, bed bugs tend to be found in or around beds primarily.

History about the Bed Bug

After being eradicated or nearly so by the early 1940s, their numbers have surged over the past decade and they're now reaching almost epidemic proportions around the world. There has seen a three thousand percent increase in the incidents of bed bugs being reported, thanks largely to the amount of international travelers the cities receives.

Why the infestation? One of the main reasons for the increase in the number of bed bugs found in homes and other establishments recently. One of them is the increase in the number travelers and immigrants who stay in motels and unknowingly bring these insects along with them back home.  An insecticide used to be used called DDT was used and was highly effective in killing the bed bugs population.

However, the exterminating of bed bugs was discontinued when the DDT was banned in the 1960s for it’s harmful effect to the environment. Since then the bugs have been waiting patiently to return to our homes.

Wholesale spraying of beds, walls, floors, furniture, etc. with DDT was the solution in exterminating bed bugs. However, law does not permit this kind of remedy anymore. Exterminating bed bugs now require the more thoroughness as bed bugs become cleverer.

Bed bugs hide in the cracks of furniture, in the mattresses, throw pillow, beneath the sofa and everywhere else you can think of. This is why exterminating of bed bugs is tedious work. All the possible places for the bed bugs to live in are searched and turned over before beginning the actual process of exterminating of bed bugs. This is to ensure that there will be no more bed bugs left once the treatment is complete.

It is wise not to do the exterminating of bed bugs on your own get in touch
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