There are some pests that are problematic because they are a nuisance and can cause issues with your home. You also might have pests that can cause damage to your home by creating nests using your homes materials and damaging your property. There are other pests that will start to cause trouble with your health as well if you have an infestation. They can bite and cause a reaction if you are allergic to them. You want to make sure that your family is healthy and safe and one way to do that is to take care of pests that might be invading your home. The first thing that you can do is to make sure that you know what the signs are of their presence. When it comes to bed bugs in your house they can be scary and tend to be very difficult to get rid of. That is why you want to make sure you know what the signs are and what it will take to keep them out of your home. A Five Star Termite & Pest Control outlines how you can tell if you have bed bugs in your house.
Bed Bug Bites
When it comes to pests in general the first time that you might notice that you have them is that you see them around the house. You might see a dead cockroach in the entryway or ants crawling on your counter. Bed bugs are their own type of pest and the fact that they are so small means that they can be hidden out of sight. That means the first sign that you have an issue with bed bugs is when you wake up to bites on your skin. The bites will often show up on your skin after a long nights sleep. You will see small red bumps that are in a straight line where the bed bug has stopped to feed on your exposed skin. They tend to only bite areas of the skin that are exposed such as the arms, face and legs. If you notice that you or your family has lots of bites after a long night you want to call to have your home inspected for bed bugs right away.
Check Bed Frame, Mattress & Bedding for Bed Bugs
The other thing you can do is to make sure that you know where bed bugs tend to hide and where you can check for them as they tend to wait until nighttime to come out to feed. The bed bugs usually are found like the name suggests; the bed. They hide in the folds of the mattress and can even fit in the small gaps in the mattress. You can take the sheets off and move the seams apart and check for small pests or for blood spots that bed bugs may have left behind.
How Do Professionals Detect Bed Bugs?
You also want to make sure that when you have any suspicion that you have come across bed bugs, you call a professional out to do a thorough inspection. They can come out to the house and do a visual inspection to check for signs that there are bed bugs in your house. They can also then offer services to treat for bed bugs and remove them from your house.
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