Bed Mites - Invaders Eat You While You Sleep
After a long day at work, you are happy to finally get to go into your soft and comfortable bed.
You drift off into dreamland, happily unawares of the horror that lies in wait just beneath your mattress.
In absolute silence the tiny monster creeps up toward you.
Its cone-like teeth latch into your skin and it begins to gorge itself on your flesh.
Worst of all, you sleep through all of this until you wake up the next morning and discover you have been feasted upon.
These are Bed mites.
Bed mites (Cimex lectularius) are small brownish wingless insects that feed on blood, particularly the blood of humans but will also feed on the blood of other warm blooded beings too.
They are ancient creatures that are found throughout the world and who have adapted very well to environments populated by humans.
Contrary to popular belief, the adult bedbugs are large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
They are active at night.
They tend to feed once every five to ten days.
They tend to hide in the folds and seams of mattresses during the daylight hours.
They are attracted by carbon dioxide in the breath of a sleeping host.
After dark, when all is quiet, they crawl out, collect their meal, and return to their resting areas.
The bite is completely painless because they have a small amount of a painkiller in their saliva Though bedbugs can harbor diseases and transmit them to humans, it is considered highly unlikely that if you have bedbug bites you would become ill.
Therefore, as a general rule, these parasites and their bites are not considered dangerous.
Their presence can be alarming and their bites can be very irritating and cause extreme itching.
Should someone have an allergic reaction from a bedbug bite they should seek medical advice.
Control of bed mites requires a combination of sanitation and pesticide applications.
While vacuuming the mattress and cleaning of infested bedding will reduce populations, the insects will usually rebound quickly.
Involvement of a pest management professional is usually necessary for complete long-term control.
List of pesticides to control bedbugs are: Pyrethrins, Tempo, Allethrin, Delta Dust Flee/ Dragnet, Malathion, Drione Dust and Suspend SC.
The above mentioned are the most common and easily purchasable in the market today.
Bites by bedbugs, although fairly innocuous, nevertheless are unpleasant, and you will want to take pains to eradicate the pests from your home.
You may hire a professional exterminator, or you may research the techniques that a professional uses and take it upon yourself to execute them for your personal benefit.
You drift off into dreamland, happily unawares of the horror that lies in wait just beneath your mattress.
In absolute silence the tiny monster creeps up toward you.
Its cone-like teeth latch into your skin and it begins to gorge itself on your flesh.
Worst of all, you sleep through all of this until you wake up the next morning and discover you have been feasted upon.
These are Bed mites.
Bed mites (Cimex lectularius) are small brownish wingless insects that feed on blood, particularly the blood of humans but will also feed on the blood of other warm blooded beings too.
They are ancient creatures that are found throughout the world and who have adapted very well to environments populated by humans.
Contrary to popular belief, the adult bedbugs are large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
They are active at night.
They tend to feed once every five to ten days.
They tend to hide in the folds and seams of mattresses during the daylight hours.
They are attracted by carbon dioxide in the breath of a sleeping host.
After dark, when all is quiet, they crawl out, collect their meal, and return to their resting areas.
The bite is completely painless because they have a small amount of a painkiller in their saliva Though bedbugs can harbor diseases and transmit them to humans, it is considered highly unlikely that if you have bedbug bites you would become ill.
Therefore, as a general rule, these parasites and their bites are not considered dangerous.
Their presence can be alarming and their bites can be very irritating and cause extreme itching.
Should someone have an allergic reaction from a bedbug bite they should seek medical advice.
Control of bed mites requires a combination of sanitation and pesticide applications.
While vacuuming the mattress and cleaning of infested bedding will reduce populations, the insects will usually rebound quickly.
Involvement of a pest management professional is usually necessary for complete long-term control.
List of pesticides to control bedbugs are: Pyrethrins, Tempo, Allethrin, Delta Dust Flee/ Dragnet, Malathion, Drione Dust and Suspend SC.
The above mentioned are the most common and easily purchasable in the market today.
Bites by bedbugs, although fairly innocuous, nevertheless are unpleasant, and you will want to take pains to eradicate the pests from your home.
You may hire a professional exterminator, or you may research the techniques that a professional uses and take it upon yourself to execute them for your personal benefit.
