Bed bugs are making a strong come back in the UK and further afield having been nearly completely driven from our shores30-40 years ago. Now, with the advent of cheap international travel and the relative lack of knowledge about them, bed bugs are finding their way back into our living space. Bed bugs can grow to about 5mm in length, about the same size of an apple pip, and are reddish brown in colour. They are round in shape and really flat, but after having a blood feed the swell up like a balloon. The young stages of this pest can easily be seen by eye and look like miniature versions of the adult insect. Luckily these pests cannot fly, hop or jump -- although the can walk at about 2cm a second (that's 72m an hour!) They like to hide in cracks and crevices near to where they will be feeding next, and so they will commonly be found in headboards, mattresses and in bed side tables. But they can also be found in other areas where people sit for long periods of time. As a result they are commonly found in hotels and homes, although they have even been discovered on trains and buses. In normal room temperatures the bugs tend to feed every 2 -- 3 days. This generally takes about 8 minutes and the bug will only feed once unless it is disturbed mid meal. Adult females will then lay eggs after feeding and can lay up to 300 in her life time, in batches of about 10-15. The eggs are about 1 mm long and a pearly white colour, and these can often be found near where the adults and ...
Monday, September 24, 2012
Rentokil - Bed Bug - eggs, nymphs and adults
Rentokil - Bed Bug - eggs, nymphs and adults Video Clips. Duration : 3.32 Mins.
Bed bugs are making a strong come back in the UK and further afield having been nearly completely driven from our shores30-40 years ago. Now, with the advent of cheap international travel and the relative lack of knowledge about them, bed bugs are finding their way back into our living space. Bed bugs can grow to about 5mm in length, about the same size of an apple pip, and are reddish brown in colour. They are round in shape and really flat, but after having a blood feed the swell up like a balloon. The young stages of this pest can easily be seen by eye and look like miniature versions of the adult insect. Luckily these pests cannot fly, hop or jump -- although the can walk at about 2cm a second (that's 72m an hour!) They like to hide in cracks and crevices near to where they will be feeding next, and so they will commonly be found in headboards, mattresses and in bed side tables. But they can also be found in other areas where people sit for long periods of time. As a result they are commonly found in hotels and homes, although they have even been discovered on trains and buses. In normal room temperatures the bugs tend to feed every 2 -- 3 days. This generally takes about 8 minutes and the bug will only feed once unless it is disturbed mid meal. Adult females will then lay eggs after feeding and can lay up to 300 in her life time, in batches of about 10-15. The eggs are about 1 mm long and a pearly white colour, and these can often be found near where the adults and ...
Bed bugs are making a strong come back in the UK and further afield having been nearly completely driven from our shores30-40 years ago. Now, with the advent of cheap international travel and the relative lack of knowledge about them, bed bugs are finding their way back into our living space. Bed bugs can grow to about 5mm in length, about the same size of an apple pip, and are reddish brown in colour. They are round in shape and really flat, but after having a blood feed the swell up like a balloon. The young stages of this pest can easily be seen by eye and look like miniature versions of the adult insect. Luckily these pests cannot fly, hop or jump -- although the can walk at about 2cm a second (that's 72m an hour!) They like to hide in cracks and crevices near to where they will be feeding next, and so they will commonly be found in headboards, mattresses and in bed side tables. But they can also be found in other areas where people sit for long periods of time. As a result they are commonly found in hotels and homes, although they have even been discovered on trains and buses. In normal room temperatures the bugs tend to feed every 2 -- 3 days. This generally takes about 8 minutes and the bug will only feed once unless it is disturbed mid meal. Adult females will then lay eggs after feeding and can lay up to 300 in her life time, in batches of about 10-15. The eggs are about 1 mm long and a pearly white colour, and these can often be found near where the adults and ...
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