Natural Bed Bug Extermination
Natural Bed Bug Extermination
To ensure total bed bug annihilation, we have to be knowledgeable of bed bugs.
Scientists in the field of entomology refer to these bugs as Cimex lectularus.
What provides these little pests with nourishment? They feed off of our blood
and the blood of other warm blooded animals, like our pets. Bed bugs have been
compared to vampires because they are awake at night and search for victims so
they can suck up their blood. If the opportunity presents itself, bed bugs will
help themselves to a meal during daylight hours, however, they are most active
at night. Bed bugs are truly resilient creatures. They have evolved and have
been able to adapt themselves so that they can function in various countries
throughout the globe with moderate temperatures.
When bed bugs are mature they have a tendency to be brownish - red as far as
their coloring goes. Bed bugs are flat and oval and comparable in size to that
of an apple seed. They don’t move very fast and can be spotted quite easily.
Typically, a bed bug will conceal itself during the day and will wander within
twenty feet of their hideout to suck up your blood while you sleep. The lifespan
of a bed bug is about one year and females can produce up to five eggs per day.
If you pull back your bed linens and see tiny brown or red speckles, this is
likely waste and blood left behind by bed bugs.
Researchers now believe that bed bugs have the capacity to pass along as many as
twenty eight human diseases, although they have not proven this ability to be
true. They carry no known diseases.
How do you get rid of bed bugs, safely? You don’t have to and shouldn’t use
toxic chemicals to try and kill the bed bug population in your home. It is a
common belief that bed bugs are developing immunities to some of the chemicals
used to destroy them. Being “green” is trendy these days; why not apply the
green philosophy toward the elimination of bed bugs. An all natural substance
called diatomaceous earth will effectively eliminate bed bugs from your home.
Many of our country’s well known and widely used hotels are using diatomaceous
earth to treat bed bugs and to prevent them from spreading to other rooms if one
of the rooms does become infested. It is a white powder that is deadly to bed
bugs. It cuts through their exoskeleton leaving them to wither away and die. No
more bed bugs. With product lines containing DE and other natural ingredients
like sodium lauryl sulfate, bed bugs will once again be a thing of the past.
By: Bradley Skierkowski