What are bed bugs?
Bed bugs are attracted to the warm, sof
t environment of mattresses, bed linens and pillows, and will lay its eggs, which look like little rice grains, in this nest-type environment.
Bed Bugs Spread Rapidly
One of the main challenges of bed bugs is that they spread so easily and rapidly. A single bed bug attached to your coat sleeve can result in an infestation of your entire house. What’s more, a single female bed bug can lay between 300 and 500 eggs in her lifetime – so once you’ve got bed bugs, they multiply rapidly and often.
Bed Bugs: Comeback Kings of the Pest World
In recent years, the bed bug population has exploded – not only in the United States, but also all over the entire world. Bed bug control is a global issue.
Although no one can precisely pinpoint a single factor for the resurgence of bed bugs, several factors are often cited. Global travel, which is much more common, easy, and frequent today than it has been in years past, is frequently thought to be a major contributor to the spread of bed bug infestations. A business traveler can stay at a hotel infested with bed bugs and literally spread the parasites across the globe in just one business trip.
Resistance to pesticides is another major cause. These tenacious little pests have built up immunity to common household pesticides, which are often powerless to control bed bugs. That’s why trained professionals adept at identifying, eradicating, and controlling a bed bug infestation is crucial in stopping the spread.