Bug Identification?
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Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
Deffo a bed bug. There's usually more than one...check in the nooks and crannies in the floor, bed etc.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
They will need a specialist. Usually picked up from hotels then infest your house.
Bed bugs are common in hotels and other places where there's a large turnover of occupants.They spread by being transported by unsuspecting guests in their luggage and clothing as they move from place to place.
They are active at night. During the day they hide in cracks in woodwork and under skirting boards.
Treatment is by insecticide spray. If the infestation is heavy it may take a few treatments to make sure emerging nymphs don't survive.
They are active at night. During the day they hide in cracks in woodwork and under skirting boards.
Treatment is by insecticide spray. If the infestation is heavy it may take a few treatments to make sure emerging nymphs don't survive.
Deafie
Guru
- Location
- So good they named it twice
If you catch them early they are pretty easy to get rid of as they dont initially stray far from food, as the colony grows the females move further afield as their mating routine is violent and painful ( i assume) to them. I just had them return after 2 years and got rid of them in 2 days. I threw my bed and bedding out and hot washed or steamed everything. Before that we had them for 3 years until the landlord did something about it, the infestation was so bad that even the empty apartments had them. That was VERY expensive and time-consuming, so act fast. They like to live and travel around in the walls so I would recommend that you caulk or repair every crack in the house after the exterminator has treated, you can block the cracks around electrical outlets and the face plates with vaseline. I failed to treat one by the bed which is probably how they got back in. I believe diatamacatious earth works well. Good luck!
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
It looks cute. I suspect it may make an ideal pet
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
I was talking to a pest controller and asked about this.
Apparently they're rife nowadays, migration of people's has influenced their expansion greatly, overcrowded living conditions, more people staying in hotels etc etc etc, they're a really common problem now.
He said he always...always placed his bag/case in the bath if he's in a hotel, somewhere they can't get to, if you leave your bags on the floor they can get in very quickly and easily and you take them home with you.
Heat is a good initial bedbug killer...very hot wash for clothes and bedding, then if necessary heat the room / house as hot as you can for about 90 minutes...this will kill most if not all...but you have to make sure everything is exposed to the heat, strip bedding, expose mattresses etc etc.
Otherwise it's pesticides.
Treat it seriously he said.
Apparently they're rife nowadays, migration of people's has influenced their expansion greatly, overcrowded living conditions, more people staying in hotels etc etc etc, they're a really common problem now.
He said he always...always placed his bag/case in the bath if he's in a hotel, somewhere they can't get to, if you leave your bags on the floor they can get in very quickly and easily and you take them home with you.
Heat is a good initial bedbug killer...very hot wash for clothes and bedding, then if necessary heat the room / house as hot as you can for about 90 minutes...this will kill most if not all...but you have to make sure everything is exposed to the heat, strip bedding, expose mattresses etc etc.
Otherwise it's pesticides.
Treat it seriously he said.
