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One of the most feared and misunderstood pests known to man is the bed bug C lectularius. How many of us fell asleep to sleep at night as children with the words of our guardians in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”

Bed Bugs could have started to dine on man at around the period we started sleeping in, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella largely feed on bats and it is likely that bat feeding species of bug evolved to predate on human blood when our ancestors started dwelling in bat infested caves.

Up to the production of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were common pests in most poor quality homes.

The later half of the 20th century saw pest control companies called out to very few bed bug call outs indeed, their presence being usually confined to cheap holiday hotels and student lodgings etc.

Many people mistake dust mites, which aren’t visible to the naked eye, with bed bugs which most certainly are.

Adult bedbugs are red-brown, about a quarter of an inch in size and very swollen after dining on human blood.

Lacking a suitable human meal to feed on they can lie dormant for lengthy periods of up to 18 months.

Signs of a bed bug infestation are usuallyspots of blood on bed-sheets and on the base of mattresses and some people can react extremely badly to bed bug bites.

The early part of the 21st century has seen bed bug reports exploding across the entire world, the easy availability of international travel and economic migration have both been blamed for the return.

What is certain is that that are now staging a real comeback not only in low quality properties but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.

A single away in an infested bed is all it requires, they secret themselves in your clothing or bags. Pest control professionals are also now seeing cases of transport related bed bug infestations on tubes, trains and buses so a simple trip to work on an infested tube or train can be enough to spread the infestation to your own house.

They are an difficult pest to eradicate as contrary to popular belief they do not just hide in beds. They live in any nook and cranny conveniently close to a sleeping human, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed-side telephones etc and clearing them is both expensive and time consuming. They have even been discovered found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the creases of flesh of very over-weight people.

Bed bugs are not a pest that can be tackled by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be needed.

Phone Manchester Pest Control now on 01204 689361