You will hear more and more about bed bug heat treatment, because high temperature is one of the most effective ways to eliminate this pest and one of the easiest to employ. In addition, there is new technology coming out in 2012 for fighting the bedbug in homes and businesses.
Older people remember bedbugs as a part of life, since this pest is notoriously hard to control. People used to scrub their homes with strong lye soap, douse walls and floors with kerosene, and apply thick coats of paint over walls, floors, and framing in an effort to seal crevices that harbored insects and their eggs. All of these measures, however, were unable to eliminate the parasites who prefer human blood to any other food.
The introduction of DDT, a now-banned pesticide, finally made the bedbug a memory. People who grew up after World War II have been able to sleep undisturbed. However, the banning of the pesticide for environmental and health reasons and an increase in international travel has seen a return of the blood-sucker to American shores.
The pests live in mattresses and bed frames, coming out at night to feast on sleeping people. A severe infestation will also contaminate upholstered furniture, crevices around wall trim, drapes, and carpeting. One method of control is to wash all bedding and curtains in hot water and dry at high heat, vacuum all carpets daily for a period of a couple of weeks and discard the bags immediately, and treat cracks in the fabric of the building with insecticide. Mattresses are encased in special impermeable bags to imprison adult bugs and new hatches from existing eggs.
Travel is usually the way that the bedbug invades your home. More and more hotels are finding that they have this problem, which can get established before management knows it is there. Even if no bedbugs are encountered in lodgings away from home, they can be picked up on a journey. These pests are known to hide in the upholstery of vehicles and hitch a ride home with travelers.
Since heat is effective against both the insects and their eggs, it is a good idea to subject luggage to high temperatures when coming back from travel. One way to do this is to leave suitcases inside a closed car in the sun for two days or more, so high inner temperatures will kill any possible hitch-hikers. Travelers should immediately change and launder traveling clothes, setting the washer and dryer on hot.
In 2012, professional pest control companies will have access to new machines designed to deliver hot air in whole-house treatments. These treatments have been proved to get bedbugs in all their favorite hiding places, leaving far less to be done by the homeowner. There is also less need for insecticidal treatments, making it a less toxic option.
Home and business owners should investigate bed bug heat treatment as an effective and easy way to eliminate this dreaded parasitic problem. It is one of the most effective ways to kill both adult insects and their eggs.
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