Bed bugs were eradicated in 1940 through the use of DDT but have recently resurfaced. They can live for five months to a year and usually like to live in dark crevices like in your closet, wall boards or in the cracks of your mattress. They are excellent hitchhikers and may transport themselves on clothing. These parasites’ favorite food is human blood but will bite any animal as a last resort. They can go unnoticed until they bite you. You will start twitching profusely until your antigens destroy their antigens. Though bed bugs are mostly nocturnal, if given an opportunity they will bite you during the day. Their favorite body parts are usually your veins but will settle for arms, legs or feet.
These parasites’ intelligence leaves a lot of unanswered questions. But the most pressing question to be answered is how do you get rid of them? While there are a lot of ways to deal with bed bugs in your home, some of the most useful ways are very simple. First once you’ve noticed that you have bed bugs the first thing to do is to contain them. Seal off all doors in your home. Put door guards at each door and seal them around the edges with masking tape. Second spray the edges of your wall boards with a eucalyptus spray, red pepper and water spray or boric acid. Bed bugs find garlic or hot spices in your blood unappetizing or if you drink something lemony even more disgusting. For some reason these foods seem to make it more difficult for bed bugs in using their internal navigation skills in locating you.
When you decide to kill all the bed bugs at one time there are some basic steps you must take. First, you can use a simple roach defogger; make sure all clothes are put into a plastic bags before defogging. Second, wash all clothes and dry them at a very high temperatures after defogging. Water and heat kills these bugs instantly. Third, spray alcohol over the entire mattress and boxspring cover. Then let it dry before covering with a washable mattresses cover
Third, keep a spray bottle of water or hot pepper water around. Bedbugs are horrible swimmers and just a small amount of water will drown them. Hot pepper impairs their abilities in detecting you and stops them in their tracks. Once you’ve located these parasites make sure you kill them. If you don’t they’ll breed quickly. Their eggs look like tiny black dots so once you’ve located these eggs just spray some bleach or alcohol on them. Unfortunately these bugs are not friendly to humans or animals therefore, you must kill them. These particular bugs are definitely a threat to human beings and animals so stay alert and aware and be informed when it comes to bed bugs!
