Bed bugs are certainly unsettling. You often don’t realize they are there and they can travel with you from an infested location to your home. Let’s learn a little more about bed bugs.
Bed Bug Facts:
- Bed bugs can survive for several months without eating.
- Bed bugs draw blood for around five minutes before stopping to digest.
- Bed bug hatchlings can fit through a stitch-hole in a mattress.
- Bed bugs can lay more than 500 eggs over the course of their life.
- Bed bugs can ingest seven times their own weight in blood.
How to Prevent Bed Bugs:
- Check furniture for signs of bed bugs before bringing it into your home.
- Reduce clutter in your home.
- Vacuum often.
- Be careful with shared laundry facilities.
- Travel with care and caution.
If you have bed bugs in your home or you’d like to prevent bed bugs, contact us for a free inspection. Attention Pest Solutions offers bed bug control for Saratoga County, Albany County, Washington County, Fulton County, Warren County, Schenectady County and Montgomery County.
