Bed Bug Control
Bed bugs are dispersed largely by people bringing them into their homes in their luggage or on clothes after visiting an infested dwelling or hotel. They are usually associated with poor housekeeping and low standards of hygiene but will find suitable harborages and hiding places in clean premises. Although their mobility is restricted to crawling they will infest adjacent rooms or neighboring buildings. There are two species of bed bugs in Australia Cimex lectularius (Common bed bug) & Cimex hemipterus (Tropical bed bug).
Outdoors, cockroaches live under such objects as stones and logs. In buildings where they become pests, they hide in places such as cupboards and between walls. They eat a variety of animal and vegetable matter, especially starches and sweets. Cockroaches are not known to transmit diseases to people, but they may spread filth and leave a foul odor.
Where are Bed Bugs found?
- In luggage and clothing. In mattresses, especially in the seams and behind mattress buttons.
- In bed frames and in and behind headboards especially if fixed to the wall.
- In and behind furniture i.e. bed side tables, closets, clothing draws, wardrobes, book shelves etc.
- Along and under the edge of wall-to-wall carpeting and under carpet tack strips.
- Inside electrical and electronic fittings and equipment i.e. light fittings, inside clocks, phones, televisions and smoke detectors.
- In upholstered chairs and sofas (especially in the seams, cushions, cushion buttons).