How A Bed Bug Detection Boston Is Conducted

Monday, 27 April 2015

By Toni Vang


Bedbugs have resurfaced following many years of disappearance. In the 1950s, bedbugs were almost eliminated in many parts but they seem to have come back. But this time, they are creating more problems considering that they have developed resistance to common pesticides used to kill them. A bed bug detection Boston is the first step in controlling and exterminating bedbugs.

If you suspect that there might be bugs in your premises, you should seek for technicians to inspect and identify them. Home and business premise owners are advised to refrain from treating or applying extermination procedures when they have not seen live bugs. This may contribute to resistance or unnecessary cost of treatment.

People do not just get bugs in their premises. They are brought to the homes from other places. The first cue that you might have bugs in your home is when you have come from a trip or you purchased some pieces of used furniture somewhere which was infested with bugs. People who travel from one place to another and spend their nights in hotels are likely to carry the bugs or nymphs into their houses.

You should not apply treatment procedures when you have not seen live bugs. Inspections may be conducted using different approaches. Visual approach is the commonest one and has been used for many years. It entails looking at signs of bugs in premises such as presence of rusty blood stains, live bugs, skin casts, and fecal matter.

There are different ways applied by technicians to identify bugs. One of them is visual inspection. Since time immemorial, technicians have used visual inspection to detect bugs. While it is an effective method, it can also turn out to be the least effective when not done properly. In addition to that, using visual method takes a lot of time because the technicians have to go looking for signs in each and every room.

It is not right to conduct extermination procedures when you have not identified live bugs. This is one mistake many people make and which is contributing to resistance of the pests to pesticides. Many people begin to suspect bugs in their premises when they have unexplained bites on bodies. While this may be one sign that you have bugs, it is not a sure way of concluding that there are bugs.

You might also want to look for signs such as presence of fecal matter. In areas where they hide, you will find excretions after they have fed. These look like rusty bloodstains and they can pretty be seen easily in areas such as the headboards, boxspring, mattress seams, and in crevices. Since it may not be easy to examine bugs in crevices, visual inspection may be limited.

Canines are today used to inspect premises to identify bugs. While the canines use their olfactory way of scenting and sniffing around, there is also need for the handlers of the dogs to know how to find the bugs after getting an alert from a canine. When you inspect premises properly, you are able to know the extent of infestation and the kind of treatment that is appropriate for your premises.




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