(If concerned about pesticides, ask about eco-friendly products. Alternatively, you could hire a pest control expert. Once you’ve found the infestation, you should use a pesticide to kill the bed bugs: ask at your hardware store or supermarket. ![]() You may find live bugs, cast-off skins, eggs or faecal stains (small dark brown or black marks).Ĭheck other bedrooms in the house, too: bed bugs can’t fly, but they can crawl short distances. Bed bug eggs are around 1 mm long and are white.Young bed bugs look the same, but are smaller.They have a flat oval body around 4–7 mm long. Adult bed bugs are a reddish brown colour.Bed bugs hide in dry, dark places, such as mattresses, headboards and bed frames, furniture, drapes, and cracks in walls and floors. Bed bug bites, on the other hand, are caused by small, flat insects that feed on human blood. The rash can appear on any part of the body but is most commonly found on the hands, wrists, elbows, and waistline. If you think you may have bed bugs, have a look in and around your bed. Scabies typically causes intense itching and a rash that consists of small red bumps and blisters. ![]() However, it’s important to figure out where the actual infestation is, as they often hide in furniture and walls. You can kill bed bugs by washing and drying bedding and clothing at high temperatures. In the rare event of an anaphylactic reaction, dial 111 immediately.To use, sprinkle a generous amount of borax over your mattress. If you have a mild allergic reaction, use an antihistamine. Borax is a natural household cleaning item that kills bed bugs by suffocating them.As with mosquito bites, the best thing to do is avoid scratching.Pest control technicians have access to and training in advanced methods that will get rid of your bed bugs at the source.The bites of bed bugs aren’t usually dangerous. That’s why it’s always a good idea to contact the professionals first. But the only way to thoroughly end a bed bug infestation is to eradicate every single one of them professionally, or they will keep reproducing and biting.īed bugs are some of the hardiest insect pests that a homeowner can deal with. Taking preventative measures to avoid bringing them home after traveling can also be helpful in keeping them away. It will not get rid of them at their source. Some suggest that washing bedding with high heat will kill them, as bed bugs hate high temperatures, but this will only get rid of bed bugs on your linens. The truth is that most home remedies will either not work to eradicate bed bugs or will not work thoroughly enough to completely get rid of them. Bed bugs feed on blood only, and their mouthparts are not big enough to even consume a grain of baking soda. The facts: Even if this were possible, a bed bug physically cannot (and would not) eat baking soda.Because of this, it would damage or rupture the bed bug’s internal organs and kill it. The idea: Since it is an abrasive compound that absorbs moisture, the DIY goal is that a bed bug will not be able to digest it if it consumed it.The facts: Baking soda is not abrasive enough to do much more than simply stick to the bed bug without causing much, if any, damage to its body.This is a similar line of thinking to using diatomaceous earth to kill an insect pest. DIY suggestions hold that because of its abrasiveness, baking soda is sharp enough to cut into a bed bug’s body and cause it enough injury that it dies. The idea: Baking soda is a scouring agent for cleaning.This means that it’s highly doubtful that it could absorb the moisture on a bed bug’s exoskeleton without dissolving and becoming useless. ![]() However, it’s a solute that dissolves when it comes in contact with moisture.
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