Although they do not fly, they move incredibly fast. Contrary to appearances, they do not nest where dirty, because they are attracted to blood, not dirt. They choose hard-to-reach places, but close to people. Most often these are mattresses, bed frames, folds and seams of materials, books, wallpaper and even clothes. You can bring them in your luggage, used furniture or clothing. They appear quickly and unexpectedly. What indicates the presence of a bedbug?
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What does a bug look like? You can bring it along with your luggage
Bed bugs are tiny insects that look like a pit. They have oval-shaped bodies, slightly tapering towards the front, and usually do not exceed 6 mm in length. Although adults are flat, they swell after eating and take on a characteristic brown-red color. In turn, the immature forms of these insects are much smaller and brighter. A female can lay hundreds of tiny white eggs in her lifetime. You will only see the adult form of the bedbug with the naked eye, for the smaller ones you will need a magnifying glass.
How to check if there are bed bugs in the house? Not only bites testify to their presence
Bed bugs feed mainly at night. Their bite is usually painless, but the marks they leave on the skin can be quite large. The most common is redness and a blister. If such bites appear regularly, and they occur on exposed parts of the body and in close proximity to each other (even in one line), it is worth checking the apartment for . Importantly, it is rare for them to bite every day, usually they do it every few days.
What other signals should we pay attention to?
- Dead bug-like insects you find in your apartment. They usually mean that he nestled somewhere nearby.
- Bedbug droppings in the form of small black spots on the mattress and furniture.
- A sweet, sickly smell, similar to the smell of coriander or almonds, which means that there is a nest somewhere nearby,
- Tiny specks of blood on the sheets or by the bed that insects have digested and excreted.
Source: Gazeta
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