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Bed Bugs Stockport, Cheadle and Gatley.

One of the most hated and least understood pest species known to science is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us dropped off to sleep at night as kids with the parting rhyme of our guardians in our ears “sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”?

Bed Bugs most probably started to predate on human beings at around the time we moved into caves, the bat bugs Cimex pilosellus and C pipistrella largely fed on bats and it is probable that bat feeding species of bug evolved to feed on man when our ancestors started living} in bat infested caves.

Before the arrival of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were commonplace guests in most slum quality homes.

The later part of the 20th century saw pest operatives dealing with very few bed bug infestations indeed, their presence being mostly restricted to cheap holiday hotels and student housing etc.

Most people mistake dust mites, which aren’t visible to the naked, with bed bugs which certainly.

Adult bedbugs are reddy-brown, about a quarter of an inch in size and very swollen after dining on human blood.

Bed bugs regularly feed on our blood every week or so, emerging in the early hours of the morning and finding their target by sniffing the exhaled carbon dioxide from human breath and when close in on their target, the heat from the body of their intended target.

Without a suitable human host to dine on they can lie dormant for periods of up to 18 months.

Bed Bugs

Often the first sign of a bed bug infestation are spots of blood on bedding and on the base of mattresses and a lot of people can react badly to the bites of these bugs.

The early the 21st century has seen bed bug infestations multiplying across the planet, the easy availability of international and economic migration have both been given as reasons for the resurgence.

What is positive is that that are now making a real comeback not only in slum quality housing but first class hotels, schools and even hospitals.

One London borough reported a doubling of bed bug problems every year from 1995 to 2001.

One night away in an infested bed is all it takes, they catch a ride in your suitcases or bags. Stretford Pest control companies are also now reporting cases of transport related bed bug infestations on tubes and buses so a simple journey to work on an infested tube or train can be all it takes to spread these bugs to your own home.

They are an expensive pest to eradicate as contrary to popular notion they do not just live in beds. They hide in any nook and cranny anywhere close to a sleeping human target, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed side telephones etc and dealing with them is both difficult and time consuming. They have even been discovered found living under the toe-nails of infirm people and in the creases of flesh on very fat people.

They are not a pest that can be tackled by an amateur and a pest control professional will almost certainly be required.

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Pest control in Bolton, Farnworth, Bury and Radcliffe 2011

Pest and vermin control in Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire has seen a brisk start this year which is somewhat unexpected given the somewhat cold (weather of this last winter|winter of 2009/10}.

Pest operatives were kept occupied with the usual town centre rat infestations during the winter of 2009/10, but the relatively cold early part of the year has already seen ant problems coming in.

The damp summers of the last few years were not to the liking of the hymenoptera (bees, ants, sawflies and wasps) but this year looks like being a hectic year for ant calls.

Frequently ants build nests under the floors of houses and inside cavity walls causing an army of foraging ants to enter kitchens and food cupboards.

However it is at mating time when they are at their most annoying as they create winged queens and males which then fly off to mate.

The release of thousands of these flying ants inside homes can be horrible indeed.

A relatively new pest was quite numerous in the Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire area last season, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).

It was not common for pest operatives in Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire to encounter these pests until recently but they seemed to appear from nowhere in recent times and already this season has seen reports of varied carpet beetle in unprecedented numbers.

These beetles have a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, called woolly bears devour natural fibres and can do a great deal of damage to carpets and any fabrics. They can be a difficult and tricky pest to eradicate.

Those who ar einvolved in pest control note that Bed Bugs are continuing their return in the the North West area, often arriving as unwanted guests in the suitcases of returning holiday makers.

Regularly the first reaction of those unfortunates who realise that they have been infested with these horrific,blood-sucking pests is to burn the old beds and buy new.

This is an unneccesary mistake as despite their name bed bugs not only stay in beds and in an infested bedroom will be found everywhere within up to fifteen feet of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical and telephone sockets and the new beds will be instantly re-infested.

Most people confuse bed bugs with dust mites which are not visible to the naked eye.They both need a different form of gatley pest control.

They dine exclusively on blood which they take from their sleeping hosts. People often associate bed bugs with insanitary conditions but nothing could be further from the truth, they do not need dirt, they eat you!

Up to April 30th 2010 Harrier & Manchester Pest Control are offering a 25% reduction on their guaranteed ant treatment.

This revolutionary new treatment which is guaranteed for three years, extendable indefinitely in additional three year chunks by a simple re-treatment every three years, can be carried out on most houses subject to satisfactory,free

For the summer of 2010 Harrier Pest Control are providing a fixed price for getting rid of wasps nests in the the North West area of just thirty two pounds.

Contact Harrier Pest control for further details on 0800 019 8382 or 0161 930 8814