Bed Bugs

Negative Characteristics: Bed Bugs feed on our blood whilst we sleep, and leave nasty, itchy spots.

Redeeming Characteristics: Only that they don't spread disease.

Quick Tips:

Don't remove beds, furniture, pictures, soft furnishings from the room until you have treated them or you will just move the bugs elsewhere.
Thoroughly clean infected rooms. Bag clutter, vacuum clean, wash. Don't remove items yet.
Thoroughly and carefully treat the likely hiding places (starting at the bed and armchairs etc) with any of the products listed below.
Don't use chemical insecticides on the mattress, there are plenty of non-toxic alternatives below.

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Where are they found?

Most bed bug infestations are to be found in domestic premises, hotels and guest houses, usually in bedrooms.

they hide in cracks and crevices during the day and come out to feed at night, usually just before dawn
their hiding places will be close to where their hosts sleep: in the bed frame or mattress, in furniture, behind the skirtings, inside light switches and fittings, behind torn wallpaper and pictures, within folds of curtains and other fabrics or anywhere they can find dark and secure harborage
they can also travel between rooms through cavity walls and ducting so your infestation may have originated next door, and vice-versa
they can withstand many months, even a year, without feeding thereby increasing their chances of survival during long transits
bed bugs cannot fly, they must either crawl or be transported in clothes, luggage, books or other objects between their habitats

The wide diversity of potential harborages should be kept in mind whilst searching for evidence of infestation.

Evidence of infestation: