Bedbugs are oval-shaped insects that feed on human or animal blood. They are tiny and brown, with flat bodies that look like apple seeds. After they have a blood meal, they swell up and turn reddish. Warm temperatures between 25°C to 35°C make these insects thrive and become more active in summer. Mumbai’s climate suits them well and allows them to multiply quickly. Bedbugs prefer to hide in wooden furniture such as beds, chairs, and tables, since wood does not change temperature as much as metal. Bedbugs cannot fly. They can only crawl on floors, walls, and ceilings. A female bedbug can lay hundreds of eggs in her lifetime. Their eggs are so tiny that they look like dust specks. If you have a bedbug problem in Mumbai, you can rely on Rajashree pest control for excellent bedbug pest control services.
How to Prevent Bedbugs Infestation
Bedbugs are not picky about cleanliness and can infest any place where people gather. They can hitch a ride on luggage, clothing, used furniture and other items. They are mostly found in beds, sofas, carpets and curtains. Whenever you visit places like public transport, hospitals, theaters, hotels, restaurants, hostels etc., check your clothes and baggage carefully. The chemicals available in the market are not very effective and if not applied properly, they can make the bedbugs resistant and worsen your problem. Trying to get rid of bedbugs with home remedies will not work. The best solution for bedbugs treatment is to hire a professional pest control operator who has a license.
Where Bedbugs Hide
Bedbugs can sneak into your home through luggage, clothing, used furniture and other items. They can squeeze into tiny spaces, as thin as a credit card. Be usually hide in mattresses, box springs, bed frames and headboards where they can easily bite people at night. They can also spread to other rooms or apartments nearby. Having bedbugs in your home does not mean that it is dirty. You can find them in clean homes and hotel rooms as well as in filthy ones.
How to Identify Bedbug Bites
Bedbugs are mostly active at night and bite people while they are sleeping. They pierce the skin and suck blood with a long beak. They can feed
for 3 to 10 minutes until they are full and then crawl away without being noticed. Most bedbug bites do not hurt at first, but later cause itchy bumps. Unlike flea bites that are mostly around the ankles, bedbug bites can be on any part of the skin that is exposed while sleeping. Also, the bites do not have a red dot in the middle like flea bites do. Sometimes people may not know that they have a bedbug problem and think that the itching and bumps are caused by something else, like mosquitoes. To confirm bedbug bites, you have to find and recognize the bugs themselves.
How to Treat Bedbugs Infestation: The treatment for bedbugs infestation involves spraying an insecticide, especially on the seams of the mattress and other places where bedbugs hide. The bedbugs die when they come in contact with the insecticide. After the treatment, do not disturb the place for about two hours. After two hours, wipe the surfaces that have been sprayed with our insecticide with a dry cloth only. Do not wash those surfaces for about two days. This way, the insecticide will remain effective for longer. Pest control for bedbugs takes about 2 hours for an area of 350-500 sqft.
Pest control for bedbugs is useless if done only in one room of any flat. To avoid cross infestation, you have to treat the entire flat at once. Moreover, you have to repeat the pest control treatment after 10-15 days because bedbugs eggs are resistant to chemicals. They have a hard coating that protects them from pesticides and they hatch in 10-15 days.
Ticks / Flea Pest Control Treatment:
Ticks are obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites (external parasites) that require an animal host to survive and reproduce. People react differently to tick bites. Ticks mostly spread in homes from pigeons and pets like dog, cats. Typical tick bites normally trigger skin irritation, which is itchy. Many times people confused between the bed bugs and ticks bites. Rajashree Pest Control provides ticks and flea solution. The mode of treatment is identical like bed bugs. If the pet has ticks, it should see a vet doctor on the same day. Veterinary doctor must treat the pet on the same day if it is infested with ticks. The pet needs immediate vet care if it has ticks.