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One of the most feared and misunderstood pests known to man is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us dozed off to sleep at night as young ones with the words of our parents in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”

Bed Bugs may have started to feed on man at about the time we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella primarily feed on bats and it is probable that bat feeding species of bug evolved to feed on human blood when our ancestors started dwelling in bat infested caves.

Until the arrival of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were common unwelcome guests in most poor quality homes.

The later part of the 20th century saw pest control companies dealing with very few bed bug infestations indeed, their presence being largely restricted to cheap holiday camps and student lodgings etc.

Most people mistake dust mites, which aren’t visible to the unaided eye, with bed bugs which very definitely are.

Adult bedbugs are reddy-brown, about a quarter of an inch in size and very swollen after feeding on human blood.

They grow by an incomplete metamorphosis which means that the babies are just smaller versions of the adult, they do not have a pupal stage like a flea or a fly.

Bed bugs regularly feed on human blood every week or so, coming out in the hours before dawn and locating their target by detecting the exhaled CO2 from human breath and when nearby their target, body heat.

In the absence of a suitable human host to feed on they can lay dormant for periods of up to 18 months.

Signs of a bed bug infestation are spots of blood on bedding and on the base of mattresses and many people can react badly to their bites.

The early 21st century has seen bed bug numbers explode across the planet, the easy availability of world travel and economic migration have both been blamed for the resurgence.

What is positive is that that are now making a real comeback not only in lower quality housing but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.

One London borough reports a doubling of bed bug infestations every year from 1995 to 2001.

One night away in an infested hotel is all it takes, they hitch a ride in your suitcases or bags. Pest control companies are also now reporting cases of transport related bed bug infestations on tubes, trains and buses so a simple ride home on an infested tube or train can be enough to bring the infestation to your own home.

They are an expensive pest to eradicate as contrary to popular opinion they do not just live in beds. They hide in any nook and cranny conveniently close to a sleeping human, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed-side bed side telephones etc and dealing with them is both difficult and time consuming. They have even been revealed found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the creases of flesh on grossly over-weight people.

They are not a pest that can be eradicated by an amateur and a pest control expert will almost certainly be required.

Ken Chadwick B.A.(Hons) is a Pest Control professional as Manchester Pest Control. He frequently appears on radio and TV talking about bed bugs and other pests.

Fumigation is a technique of pest management that makes use of fumigants to get rid of pests by filling a space with the fumigant. Fumigants are gaseous pesticides that have a lethaldeadly or harmful effect on pests. It can be carried out in soil, grain, crop and houses and is one among the most effective termite management techniques. Fumigants could be odorless and colourless, but they’re dangerous to people and should not be inhaled. The most commonly used fumigants are phosphine, hydrogen cyanide, lodoform, chloropicrin, 1,3-dichloropropene, methyl isocyanate, formaldehyde and sulfuric fluoride.

A number of steps are taken for the process of fumigation to be properly carried out. The area to be fumigated is sealed before the fumigant is then released into the space. It’s then left for a certain period of time for any infestation to be killed. At the end of this period, it’s then ventilated for the poisonous gas to disappear. Tent fumigation is a type of fumigation carried out in homes, whereby the home is roofed in a tent. The fumigant is then released into the building and the tent sealed for the gas to work properly. Most tent fumigation treatments take a week though the period could be longer rely upon how severe the termite infestation is.

When should you fumigate your home? If your home is at least 5 years old and hasn’t been fumigated, it’s advisable to arrange for fumigation to be done in the house. This is because termites can go unnoticed for a very long period and could not be visible to the human eye. If the last fumigation done in the house was at least 5 years back, you should repeat the process. If termites suddenly invade the house, fumigate it at once before much damage is done.

If you have previously treated your home for dry-wood termites and that they keep recurring, it’s good to consider funmigation service. It will terminally get rid ofkill the termites. Furthermore if the building has spots of infestation, fumigation ought to be done.

Physical damage to wood whose cause you cannot seem to trace is a pointer towards potential termite infestation. Overlook may cause unchangeable damage not only to your wood however other insulating and filtration materials in the house once the termites spread to every corner of your home.

If there are termites in other building close to yours, think about fumigating your home as these pests move very quick and could reach your home within a very short time.

Fumigate a house that you have just purchased before moving in because it might be infested with termites. It might also have never been fumigated before or if it was, it may have been years ago. Doing so can save you future loss.

Even though fumigation does destroy termites, it could not get rid of other pests unless confirmed by the product supplier. You do not have to stress about fumigation destroying your house as it is gentle to wood, plastics, metals and other material used to make household items.

One of the huge concerns of our generation is our environment, our health, and the effects the products we use have on them. Some of the things we use do affect our health that is why it is a good concern to have. Things just like chemicals in certain products have been long known to harm us. Well pest control is really that one area where people are looking to be more organic with. With the use of chemicals to get rid of pests people want more natural ways to get rid of pests.

First of all there are a lot of effective ways to get rid of pests using natural methods. Running a San Diego pest control company has allowed me to see that more and more manufacturers are producing them. Of course the bulk of ways to get rid of pests is with chemicals. Although it is one of the main ways to totally eliminate pests, more and more pest control companies are utilizing organic methods now.

Now ants are one of the biggest pest problems around. So naturally there are a few ways to get rid of them or eliminate organically.

Now the key to getting rid of ants is to kill them at their ant hill. Since just killing the ones you find in your house is certainly not enough. Absolutely, they will keep coming back. So in my San Diego ant control service the main organic way we use to kill them at the ant hill is using organic sprays.

There are definitely ways as well for dealing with rodents organically. Because in the past generations, people have liked to use poisons and things like that. But those were definitely not organic and basically had harmful chemicals in them. With the use of traps, it is the best way to kill rodents naturally. This has been the best way to control rodents with most rodent control service.

So as you can see even though pest control has in the past been used with chemicals. There are now many effective and cost efficient ways to get rid of them organically.

Consider your pest control problems gone with our San Diego pest control. We also service all rodent problems with our San Diego rodent control.