Where Do Bed Bugs Come From?
“Where do bed bugs come from?” was my kid’s question when one morning she woke up with swollen lumps lined up on her arms that I supposed were left by bed bugs. I then became curious and did research on these blood sucking bed bugs that made the itchy vampire bite looking lumps on my kid. The first step to finding out how to get rid of bed bugs is to first figure out where do bed bugs come from.
Trying to know where do bed bugs come from
The bed bugs belong to the specie of Cimex lectularius. These bugs are small reddish brown predators; have flat oval-shaped body; and are wingless insects that love to feed on blood of both human and animals to survive. The bed bugs feed during early morning and hide during daytime. These little creatures cause skin irritation and leave itchy bite marks that are swollen. They are known to be adventurous, stow away and hitchhikers believed to have originated from Asia, Africa and Europe. It is really hard to identify where do bed bugs come from as they can make themselves hidden undetected in luggage of vacationing visitors, home furniture and anywhere. Even a very, very small crack can house several bed bugs waiting to attack and feast on one’s blood given a very small chance.
The funny thing is – bed bugs can at once recognize body heat and sense carbon dioxide emitted by human and animals to identify their prey. Studies revealed that bed bugs even without feeding can last for months or more than one year clinging into a person’s clothes, in very small nooks, seams, crevices, suitcases or even hatboxes or cracks on walls or anywhere. They are known to lay five eggs per day or a total of 500 eggs during the entire life. Thus, one could just imagine the torture and trauma if a pair of a female and a male bed bug started building a family, begin sucking on him and his kid’s precious blood and eventually colonizing his home. Therefore, one need not bother to know where do bed bugs come from but instead start asking how bed bugs are controlled and how can they be eradicated to avoid being beaten and acquire itchy, swollen lumps that are really irritating.
Don’t just bother to know where do bed bugs come from
Bed bugs do not fly but they have the ability to climb high walls and to deliberately fall off to the couch or bed or chairs where you frequently stay to wait for the chance to prey on you or your kid’s blood. The mental scare and emotional trauma caused by biting bed bugs make one take all the steps to have them disappear which really take discipline, knowledge, energy, enough time, effort and money. However, these bed bugs are easily eradicated with the use of gassed pesticides; and if one wishes to ask for professional help on eradication techniques, the internet can give him all the details he needs – from advice to personally coming over to do the task. Thus, instead of taking too much time on knowing where do bed bugs come from, the ways and means to get rid of them must be the first and foremost consideration to prevent them from doing further inconvenience against any member of the family.
