How to rid bed bugs?

Bed bugs on a bed sheet

1.  Prevention is the best best way to on how to rid bed bugs. If you think you’re being bitten (usually identified by rows of welts that appear during the night)it’s best to do a sweep of your home for these pests. Furniture, luggage, bedding and clothes hampers are probably the first places you’ll want to look for bed bugs. They’re small as shown in the  picture.

Blood stains from a bed bug

2. Blood stains and dark spots on bedding from fecal matter are a sure sign of a bed bug infestation. The reason blood stains happen is either because you’ve rolled over and crushed an adult full of blood, or the anticoagulant they’ve injected worked well enough that you continued to bleed after the bed bug has fed. If you see anything like blood, or even empty skins (from molting) around your bed, chances are you have bed bugs and you should know how to rid bed bugs.

3. If you’ve positively identified your problem as a bed bug infestation, it is time to sanitize the affected areas. If you can spare money for another mattress it would be a good idea to throw your old one out and learn ways on how to rid bed bugs. If you can’t afford another mattress, vacuuming the mattress and applying a sealable cover should be sufficient. Meanwhile, all clothes, linens, and bedding should be washed in hot water, and the immediate area vacuumed thoroughly.

4. How to rid bed bugs using insecticides?Insecticides are not preferred because insecticides should never be applied to an area where you sleep. Sticky traps, like those used for mice, are a good way to capture rogue bed bugs that have managed to escape your domestic exorcism. Some insecticides like Boric Acid might be used in areas around the bed, but never on the mattress itself.

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