About Bedbugs

There are millions of insect on this planet. Some are essentials for the nature to grow and evolve, some are good while some are not good at all. Some of the common insects are found everywhere around most of which are not good for us but they still exist and no matter what you do you never really get rid of them.

Bedbugs are one of them. As an exterminator people always ask me questions about bedbugs. They really don’t know how to deal with them. Insecticides are not a good choice as you have to use the bed for yourself and insecticides are harmful for humans also.

Bedbugs are like vampires sucking onto your blood in the night when you are asleep. They are insects small brown, black in color. They are active in the night as most of the other insects do. In the day they prefer to hide and you won’t find them. They are small so they can hide in the smallest of places usually inside of mattresses. They do not form clusters like ants or bees but will be all over the place.

Bedbugs have been around for ages now. Poor hygiene and cleanliness are the main reason for their existence and growth. Bedbugs were a big problem before 1940’s but after the use of pesticides became common, there was a decline in the growth of bedbugs. Now with known harmful effects of pesticides to humans there has been a reduction in the use of pesticides and also they are more immuned to the effects of these pesticides. So they are increasing again. And we have to deal with them with out harming oneself.

Bedbugs can be mistaken for ticks or even the cockroaches with their hard black bodies. They can move fast on all surfaces but they can not fly. So you will find them crawling swiftly on the beds or any other surface like walls or ceilings. Bedbugs can increase at fast rate as one single female can lay around 500 eggs in her lifetime.

The growth of a bedbug also depends on the nutrition he gets, if he gets his supply of blood he will grow fast or he can remain without it for a long time and be alive. This is the reason for their multiplication. There is a lot to write about these buggy creatures and I will keep posting more information.