TYPES OF BED BUGS GUIDE & THEIR ORIGINS

When you understand what the bed insect looks like, you need to determine where it is that bed bugs can live.

Like all animals, bed bugs prefer certain things about the areas that they live in. While they may perhaps be able to live just about anywhere, these creatures do have preferences.

Bed Insect Species

There are 2 sorts of main bed bug species.

* Cimex Lectularius: This is the common bed bug that you are possibly to find.

* Cimex Hemipterus: This is known as the tropical bed bug because of the regions that it prefers to live in.

Where They Are

You can commonly find bed bugs living throughout the world. Yet, as we mentioned they do enjoy specific climate regions.

* Cimex Lectularius, the common bed bug is generally found in areas that are cooler in temperatures. They are discovered in regions of North America, in regions of Europe and in Asia as well. In these areas, the bed bug tends to be in the cooler regions as apposed to the warmer or tropical regions.

* Cimex Hemipterus, this is the tropical bed insect. It is typically located in warmer temperatures. It is a sub form of the other in which the bed bugs have adapted to the warmer temperatures. This tropical form of bed bug is found throughout areas such as in the tropical climates. They are found in Africa, Asia and throughout North and South America, in the tropical regions in these areas. This particular bed bug is only discovered in the Florida area of the United States

Are You Safe Then?

Just because you live in one of these areas does not mean that you have to have bed bugs in your homes. As you will see later on in our ebook, there are things that you can do to prevent them from getting into and infesting your dwelling and property.

Likewise, this does not mean that if you will not live in one of these areas mentioned that you cannot have bed bugs in your house. It is very common that bed bugs will spread from one location that is infested to another that is not by a number of means.

They can with no trouble carry from one location to the next just as you would. They convey from one place to the next through transportation means that you use.

For example, if you visit Florida this summer for a wonderful vacation, you could potentially bring the bed bugs dwelling with you in your luggage, on your person or in your clothing and bedding products. They can survive a good amount of time without feeding as a result you may possibly not even notice them on your clothing as soon as you get residence.

What is important to know is that the bed insect really can transport from one location to the next without being noticed. As we talked about before, the bed bug is a very little insect and one that is likely to go unnoticed. It can do this easily because it is for that reason small and flat. It can hide in the little cracks and crevices throughout your clothing or luggage.

A tropical bed insect from Florida almost certainly can breed in other regions of the country, depending on the climate and the warmth of that location. Hence, even if you don't live in one of these areas in which bed bugs are generally discovered, that is not to say that you can't bring them back to your dwelling from them.

Other Specie Infestations

There are numerous other kinds of bed bugs that should be mentioned. These are from the same family as the bed bugs that we have talked about, but they are a bit different in their reactions and where they will live.

* Leptocimex Boueti: In this form of bed bugs, the bed bug is discovered in the tropical regions of West Africa as well as being discovered in South America. This bed bug will also infest bats as well as its human preferences.

* Cimex Pilosellus and Cimex Pipistrella are 2 forms of bed bugs that usually infest bats throughout the bat population in virtually all areas in which the bat is found.

* Haematosiphon Inodora: This is the type of bed bug that is found in North America. Yet, this bed bug prefers to invest poultry instead of infected humans.

* Oeciacus: This is not totally that of a bed insect, but shares many of the same characteristics and is normally thought of as a bed bug. In this species, the rodent or insect will infest more birds than it will the human population. It can be generally found throughout places in which there is a large bird population.

While these other kinds are located around the world, they limit their connection with humans to that which is just required. Some species will use a human host or any other warm blooded creature that they can get into contact with and the location of them does not matter, then.

More To Comprehend About Infestation

There are many places that the bed insect is lurking. You might be questioning that perhaps they are only discovered in your bedding, but this is very much not true. In fact, the bed bug is a very defying creature and is more than capable of being where you don't recognize it to be.

Size wise the bed insect is very little and therefore flat that it can fit into a location that is just wide enough for a credit card. A space that thin is large enough for them to crawl through.

During The Day

The hardest time to find bed bugs is during the day time. You will find them hiding in tiny, hidden places. Here are some locations to look for them:

* Mattress seams and interiors, typically they are completely out of sight here.

* In furniture, specifically furniture that is near the bed or in the bedroom.

* The bed frame can home them during the day time hours too.

* Carpeting that is plush may perhaps provide enough space for them to hide.

* Baseboards or in other products found in the bedroom.

* Picture frames, inside of books, inside telephones, inside curtains...these are all good locations that they would hide.

* Sofas and other areas in which you spend a decent amount of time can harbor them.

* They can hide under wall paper that has been loosened, in the cracks in the plaster on your walls, under wall coverings of all kinds, and even in your ceiling molding in your home.

* Check the electrical boxes, your door frames, your windows and your window frames.

* If you have wall to wall carpeting, do not forget to get under the carpeting to seek them. Do not stop there; they are under the tack board under your carpet too.

As a general rule of thumb, the bed bug is likely to venture upward, outward and virtually anywhere that it can effortlessly convey and hide behind. They like to be out of sight and out of light, consequently hunt for them to hide.

The heaviest infestations can allow them to be seen more often. Of course the last thing you want is to have more bed bugs to deal with! In this case, they can be seen in larger groups and are often more visible because of this.

Typically speaking a bed insect will stay within 100 feet or as a result of its host. Commonly it feeds now that the host is lying still such as at night. They only need to feed after every five to ten days, for that reason this enables them to travel from place to place between feedings. They can be found virtually any place in the home, office or other residence.

How Many Are There?

Learning that you have bed bugs is something that is very troubling. Most people will think that they just have too many mosquitoes all-around, but the fact is that there may possibly be bed bugs lurking about.

If you comprehend that you have bed bugs in your residence, you now need to determine how many you have consequently that you can properly handle them.

Unfortunately, there is not one sure fire way to know that. The biggest factor in determining how large your infestation is will be to determine, or try to determine, when the time of the initial infestation happened.

If you remember from beforehand, we talked about how the bed bugs have gotten into your home. They almost certainly have come in through you or someone else bringing them in while they were traveling. But, you should also remember that no matter where you might have gone, as long as you go to a location that is infested, you can bring them residence.

This means that you can just head to a neighbor's dwelling that is infested and they may come home with you. This is mainly true if the bed insect infestation is very large. It is much more common that they will be lurking in clothing that is packed in luggage, though.

Therefore, How Do You Understand?

It is very common for bed bugs to reproduce quickly, which you will discover more about in a few chapters. But, what is fundamental to note is the possibility of more than one infestation in the residence.

For instance, you may perhaps have your initial infestation in your bedroom, in your bed. Perhaps you brought them house from a trip you took in the luggage. You have no idea that they are there. But, they are. This would be your main and initial infestation area.

Now, what if your child is sleeping in your bed? They can most likely transport the bed bugs back to their bed as well. Now, you have a secondary location of an infestation of bed bugs in your dwelling.

It is of the essence that you hunt for out help for finding all of these hidden infestations and get treatments for them right away. This is the greatest method of preventing a very large infestation that is harder to control.

One Note...

While bed bugs can be located in virtually any area of your residence, they are most generally discovered close to their host. The host, of course, is you or your family. While they can be in any territory of the residence, it is most common to find them in the bedroom area and likely on or in the bed itself.

A thorough search should include all of these regions of your home.