Bed bugs are unwanted dirty guests
that hitch a ride in luggage, purses, backpacks, or other items
placed on soft or upholstered surfaces and enter your home without
even asking for your permission. In addition, they can travel between
rooms in multi-unit buildings, such as apartment complexes and
hotels. Therefore, it is necessary to control bed bugs from entering
your home. Controlling bed bugs by you is a tedious and
time-consuming job. However, we can try some methods to control bed
bugs.
- Make sure your home is infected with bed bugs and not other insects such as fleas, bees, ticks and other insects etc.
- Don’t panic. Although bed bugs control measures are difficult but are not impossible. So, stay calm.
- Be comprehensive. Do not use sprays at the first place.
- Clean the clutter. Clean your house completely and carefully. Use encasements for your mattresses; box springs etc as these create difficult for bed bugs to reach you while you are sleeping soundly.
- Wash your bed sheets, blankets, doormats, curtains and other clothing which touched flooring. After washing expose those to heat or heat dry them. This reduces their number if any.
- Try Freezing- freezing can kill bed bugs. Use a thermometer for checking the temperature. Putting things outside in freezing temperatures could kill bed bugs.
- Try Heating- Special equipment with very high temperatures are necessary for successful heat treatment. Black plastic bags in the sun might work to kill bed bugs in luggage or small items. Bed bugs die when their body temperature reaches 45°C. Moreover, to kill bed bugs with heat, the room or container must be even hotter to ensure sustained heat reaches the bugs no matter where they are hiding.
- After following above measures, still you are unable to control bed bugs in your home then do not hesitate. Call a pest control professional and ask for his help.
