8 Early Signs of Bed Bugs and Home Remedies
June 13, 2023
Identifying BedBug in Singapore
June 13, 2023
Bed Bugs Pest Blog
Bed bug infestations will lead to insomnia and unnecessary stress. It can also result in expensive damages and the need to discard furniture.
Bed Bugs
Learn More About Bed Bugs Singapore
About bed bugs, they are insects of the genus cimex and feed on human for a blood meal, always active at night time. Bedbug bites itch and have a negative health impact. Such as red bumps, mental stress, and allergic reactions. Adult bed bugs are tiny, brown to beige in colour and oval in shape similar to the size of an apple seed.ย
Their bodies tend to give out an odour and turn reddish in colour after a blood meal. Adult female can lay up to a hundreds eggs over a lifespan. The instars called nymphs sheds their skins at least 5 times before maturing. They need blood meal before shedding to get fully developed and live for 10 months to a year.
Finding suitable spots anywhere around your property for bedbugs is easy for them. Especially in Singapore with such warm climate. Making it our responsibility to prevent bed bug and inspect for the signs of bed bugs. With regularly checking the mattress, box springs, bedding, electrical outlets, looking for bedbugs on sheets and mattress protectors.
Prevention Is Better Than Cure
Bed Bugs Signs
The first clear signsย may be small itchy bug bites on your skin, usually occurs on arms, legs or shoulders. Bedbugs often leave clusters of bites each containing 3 or more and in a zigzag pattern.
Signs include dark spots made by blood marks stains on your mattress and bedding sheets. Bedbug poop, bed bug faecal matter looks like scattered black dots about the size of โขย or splashes of ink stains.
They shed skin regularly and it looks a lot like a dried up version of the bugs themselves.
To rid of bed bugs and kill them, you need to learn to find the bed bugs hiding spot. Search and locate the transparent, oval eggs about the size of an apple seed.
Bedbugs on mattresses and bed frames are common as they want to be close to their food source. Due time, you will give out a sweet scent, musty odour around your bedroom.
Best Control Solution For Bed Bugs Infestation
Guide to Bed Bug Control Singapore
Bed bugs are nocturnal in search for blood meals during feeding activity it is difficult to detect them. Even when they start feeding host can barely notice the process. You may find them individually but after feed they return to gather and form a nest with the rest of the other bed bugs. After bed bug bite and feeds, they will relocate to where the host usual spots that include sofa, beds and furniture.
The areas where they choose to hide can ranges from sockets, bedside table, luggage bags and areas that maintain constant use.
1. Preparation Prior Treatment
We will provide you with a list of things to prepare prior the bedbugs treatment. To succeed, follow the list carefully. The same things needs prepare before you treat your own home.
Also crucial to remove the bed bugs entirely during a treatment. If any were to survive they will reproduce and the bed bug infestation will start all over again. If you choose not to hire a pest control company for help. These steps to help you eliminate the infestation problem.
2. Remove and Declutter
Bed bug infestations can be extremely bad. Clutters are inviting to unwanted pests to claim your home as theirs.
- Throw away all infected papers and cardboard boxes.
- Use plastic containers with lids to prevents bed bugs to hide.
- Keep used and clean apparels off the floor.
- Be sure that the discarded items do not spread bed bugs to other household.
3. Isolating the Bed
To keep bed bugs off the bed you need to isolate the bed.
- The entire bed needs to be move 6 inches away from wall or any other furniture.
- Position a bed bug trap cup beneath each of the four bedposts. Check them daily till things are under control for at least a year.
- Make sure that all the bed bugs and their eggs are carefully remove from headboards and bed parts.
- Place the mattress and box springs in an encasement.
- Tuck the bedsheet into the mattress to avoid them touching the floor.
- Do not store items underneath the bed.
4. Spring Cleaning Everything
You need to wipe everything in the house clean.
- Push everything in each room towards one side of the wall.
- Thoroughly wash every item that is soak in hot water. Set them in the dryer at a high heat temperature for approximately 30 minutes.
- Store the treated objects in a securely sealed bag to prevent reinfestation.
- Remove and treat all the wall hangings and curtains.
- Clean the bare side of the room by using vacuum cleaner and mop depending on the floor surface.
- Take all the electronic devices and items that cannot fit in the dryer and seal in a tight plastic bags. Freeze the items for 4 days at 0 degrees or leave item in the sun for 8 hours.
- Dismantle all pieces of furniture and thoroughly clean them.
- After each item is completely clean, position it on the sanitised part of the room.
- Continue this process until all items are on the clean side of the room.
- Subsequently, clean the vacant half of the room in the same manner.
- Repeat through steps for every room in the house.
5. Reduce Potential Bed Bug Living Areas
Leaving no possibilities for bed bugs to hide is important. Thoroughly zero in theย potentialย hidingย placesย forย bed bugs.
- Caulk around the infested area and fill any cracks and crevices.
- Take off outlet and switch plates and eliminate any bed bugs found within.
- Tape or caulk around the perimeter of the plug and switch covers to avoid bed bugs from getting behind them.
- Repair holes in the false wall and on any chipped wall.
- Glue or remove of all loose wallpaper.
6. Use Pesticides
The specialists are to handle the preparation and aplplication of pesticide. It requires the set of tool and experience to prepare the solution. Common mistake technicians do is applying the wrong chemical dosage. Using more is not necessarily good for extermination, as bed bugs will build resistant to the chemical over time.
Not using the correct dosage, they will be able to get โstrongerโ if they survive the first treatment. Homeowners do not have much choices for off-the-shelves organic pesticides that can help. If you desire to use pesticides for a permanently solution. Our specialist has the skills to handle hydrogen peroxide pesticides effectively to rid of bed bugs in your home.
