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    Bed Bugs
    Bed Bugs
    Bed Bugs
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    Bed Bugs

    By Sabina F.

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    Bed bugs had been the most notorious and annoying parasite or insect in the 19th to the early part of the 20th century. It is believed that during and after the World War II in the United States in the 1940s, the country had totally been declared bed-bug free. 

    But travelers from other countries and continents where bed bugs may have continued to thrive made their return to the US possible. Usually, baggage and travel possessions serve as traveling ground or traveling spots for bed bugs from one area to another, from one country to another. 

    You should know what bed bugs look like, to be able to identify them. Bed bugs of course, are insects. 

    Size matters 

    Bed bugs are so tiny, that sometimes, one can hardly see them with just the naked eye. But when bed bugs mature, they look like other insects. They can be as long as a fourth of an inch. 

    Bed bugs look like other wingless insects. Hatchlings or newly hatched bed bugs are about as small as a poppy seed. Looking or viewing bed bugs, from top to bottom, they are usually flattened. 

    Bed bugs may sometimes look like ants or termites, except that when looked at closely, they have their own physical attributes. 

    What color are bed bugs? 

    Bed bugs, like humans, have different colors. It can be funny, but bed bugs look like they also have races! Bed bugs’ colors usually are deep brown. 

    However, there are bed bugs that look like biting ants---burnt orange, while there are those that have light tan complexion to almost white. 

    When bed bugs are hungry, they exhibit a different color than that when they are fully fed. Bedbugs with blood in it look like balloons, but what is inside them is not air but blood. 

    The host or victim’s precious blood may look like a black mass or dark red mass inside the bed bug’s tiny body. 
    Bed bugs also do excrete. When they do, they produce small amounts of liquid that almost look like blood. Thus, beds or surfaces where bed bugs may have inhabited may be stained with tiny red spots. These spots most of the time have stinky smell, but sometimes, they are not sensed by our olfactory glands. 

     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSabina F.
    Release dateJun 8, 2017
    ISBN9788826451121
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      Bed Bugs - Sabina F.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Chapter 1

      Bed

      Bugs

      Get to Know Bed Bugs Physically

      Bed bugs had been the most notorious and annoying parasite or insect in the 19th to the early part of the 20th century. It is believed that during and after the World War II in the United States in the 1940s, the country had totally been declared bed-bug free.

      But travelers from other countries and continents where bed bugs may have continued to thrive made their return to the US possible. Usually, baggage and travel possessions serve as traveling ground or traveling spots for bed bugs from one area to another, from one country to another.

      You should know what bed bugs look like, to be able to identify them. Bed bugs of course, are insects.

      Size matters

      Bed bugs are so tiny, that sometimes, one can hardly see them with just the naked eye. But when bed bugs mature, they look like other insects. They can be as long as a fourth of an inch.

      Bed bugs look like other wingless insects. Hatchlings or newly hatched bed bugs are about as small as a poppy seed. Looking or viewing bed bugs, from top to bottom, they are usually flattened.

      Bed bugs may sometimes look like ants or termites, except that when looked at closely, they have their own physical attributes.

      What color are bed bugs?

      Bed bugs, like humans, have different colors. It can be funny, but bed bugs look like they also have races! Bed bugs’ colors usually are deep brown.

      However, there are bed bugs that look like biting ants---burnt orange, while there are those that have light tan complexion to almost white.

      When bed bugs are hungry, they exhibit a different color than that when they are fully fed. Bedbugs with blood in it look like balloons, but what is inside them is not air but blood.

      The host or victim’s precious blood may look like a black mass or dark red mass inside the bed bug’s tiny body.

      Bed bugs also do excrete. When they do, they produce small amounts of liquid that almost look like blood. Thus, beds or surfaces where bed bugs may have inhabited may be stained with tiny red spots. These spots most of the time have stinky smell, but sometimes, they are not sensed by our olfactory glands.

      How can bed bugs be found?

      Because they are so, so tiny and are always crawling at very unnoticeable speed, bed bugs can not easily be detected or seen. During daytime, they stay within their protective habitats or hiding places.

      Bed bugs look like small creeping objects in crevices and small holes in the floor, the walls or even your bed.

      If you are observant enough, bed bugs may look or seem as if they are vampires. They may not have the physical characteristics that may scare you the way Dracula does, but they suck your blood. And they can never survive without it.

      How to exterminate bedbugs

      Bed bugs, like any other pests, are so persistent. You can hardly control bedbugs in your room without the professional help of pest control operators or providers.

      If you have been applying pesticides and harmful pest control substances in areas suspected of having these parasites, chances are greater that you will fail.

      It is because most of the pesticides in the market are repellant to insects. It means, when you have used one, bed bugs will not be killed. But they will be repelled or they will avoid getting at or near the surfaces or areas where the pesticide is applied.

      Through that, bed bugs start to wander. Thus, the spread of bed bugs is accelerated. They will start transferring from one spot to another. Or worse, from one household to another.

      Thus, attempting to control bed bugs on your own may look like attempting to get rid of bed bugs in your home and ushering them into your nearest neighbor. If you have the conscience to allow that to happen, or if your neighbor will not bug or sue you, then go on.

      But exterminating bed bugs can entail great responsibility and consideration to others on your part. Professionals know better, so leave the job to them.

      Besides, you may not want to kill yourself through poisoning along with the bed bugs, right?

      Bed Bug Rash and Bed Bug Odor

      Do you know that there is a 90% chance that a famous hotel -- a presidential or suite room in a five star hotel -- may have bed bugs? Your favorite hotel may even have bed bugs infestation too without you knowing about it.

      So, you now ask, how would you know if your hotel have bed bugs? What are the signs and symptoms of bed bugs infestation? If your hotel has bed bugs, what should you do so that your home won't be infested when you get home?

      Here are the common signs and symptoms of bed bugs infestation:

      * Bed Bug Rash

      The first sign is itch. Bed bug rash starts with an itch but the rash won't be visible yet when you feel the itch.

      Bed bug bites are more itchy than mosquito bites. With mosquito bites you will feel its sting and sucking of blood while it is up to it. But with bed bugs, the itch will only be felt an hour after the skin has been bitten.  This is because of the anesthetics in bed bug's saliva. Bed bugs inject anesthetics and anticoagulant, to avoid blood clotting, before it will suck blood from your skin.

      Bed bug rash

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