Where Do Bed Bugs Hide In Your Home?

Dealing with bed bugs is one of the unpleasant issues for a homeowner, but unfortunately it can happen even if we take the necessarily precautions. Bed bugs keep infesting out homes in Singapore despite the sanitation methods and we confront with a rising bed bug epidemic.

Having bed bugs infestation in our home doesn’t mean you did a poor job with housekeeping. That can happen to anyone, because the bed bugs may come in our home in infested backpacks, luggage, purses, bedding, furniture, clothing items of shoes. They can also move between apartments through cracks in floors or walls. The bed bugs are causing many problems and it is worth to know more about where they hide in our homes and what must be done to keep them away for good.

Bed bugs got their name from their predilection to feed on humans while they sleep in their beds. The bed bugs have flat and oval bodies, the size of an apple seed. They are colored in a rusty red shade. Bed bugs don’t have wings and they cannot jump of fly. They can crawl with about the same speed as an ant. The bed bugs are big enough to be seen but the problem is that they usually hide during the day. After a bed bug feeds with human blood its body swells and becomes bright red.

A bed bug can resist without feeding for a few months to over a year period. To check if they are present in your home you need to look for bugs or rusty spots along the headboard and the mattress seams. Other signs you should look for are small blood smears on your bedding items, itchy skin welts on your body, dried remains of bed bugs, and tiny dark spots on your sheets. Some other insects, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas can leave bites similar to the ones from the bed bugs. You cannot be sure if you have a bed bugs infestation from the bites alone. Finding a bed bug alive is the only certain way to be sure you have an infestation.

To minimize the risks of having your home infested with bed bugs you should avoid picking up discarded furniture placed outdoors. Bed bugs are good hitchhikers and they like to travel. They can hide in shoes, boxes or suitcases and wait until they are near a food supply. They can hide in folded areas of beds, in crevices, cracks, bedding and adjacent furniture, particularly in box springs and mattresses, or behind baseboards. They can also hide in picture frames, switch plates, upholstery, wallpaper, and almost anywhere in a bus, car, home, hotel room, or other shelter. Bed bugs are nocturnal creatures. They usually come out at night and looking for blood. But in heavily infested areas they can even come out for a blood meal during the day.

A bed bug needs around five to ten minutes to fill with blood. They move in hidden places for five to ten days after feeding. During the time they stay hidden they don’t feed but digest their meal and reproduce. Bed bugs can feed on any warm blooded animal but they prefer to feed primarily on humans. The good news is that the bed bugs do not transmit diseases. But they disturb our sleep and their bites are very annoying and can become red and itchy. 

If your home is infested with bed bugs you need to promptly contact a pest professional. After a close inspection of your house they can confirm the species and disinfest your home. You need to carefully choose the pest professional to deal with your bed bugs infestation issue because not all the pest control companies in Singapore will offer you high quality service. New established pest control companies tend to maximize profits by minimizing costs. That means that they will try to use cheap chemicals which might be more hazardous for your health. It is advisable that you search for a company with good reputation in the pest control industry.

It is also better to choose a company that was in this business for long time and accumulated enough professional experience in dealing with these kinds of issues. Pest Control Singapore Company is one of the best in this industry and they can offer you a professional service at an affordable rate. They are licensed to provide bed bugs control and their employees are going through extensive training.