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1. Important Tips for Bedbug
Prevention

2.  Even though they are relatively
harmless, people still shudder at the
thought of bedbugs infesting their house or
apartment.
 Bedbugs do drink your blood while you
sleep, but there is no indication that they
spread disease, and they aren’t attracted
to dirty places. All a bedbug really wants
is someplace warm with blood and carbon
dioxide.
 That being said, once you have them it can
be quite difficult to get them out.
Bedbugs are extremely resilient and it can
be almost impossible to find all their
hiding spots and destroy all their eggs.
 The best course of action is to prevent
them from making an appearance in the first
place.

3. What Is a Bedbug?
 To say that bedbugs are bugs that live in your bed is
simplistic, but essentially true.
 The bedbug belongs to the Cimicidae family, and the reason
they are so keen on hanging around where you and I sleep is
because there is an ample supply of blood.
 Bedbugs primarily operate in the nighttime, but they will come
out at other times, if necessary.
 The bite of a bedbug is quite mild, and you won’t even be
woken up if one pierces your skin and starts to feed. In
fact, you may not even notice if a bedbug bites while you’re
awake.

4. What Is a Bedbug?
 The end result of bedbug
bites are small, reddish
bumps that look similar to
a mild rash or a mosquito
bite. Most often, a bedbug
bite isn’t raised off the
skin, but is flat.
 To know if you’re dealing
with a bedbug or not, and
adult is about 4 to 5 mm in
length and around 3 mm
wide.
 They have flat, oval-shaped
bodies and go from a light
brown to reddish-brown
colour. Some bedbugs reach
a darker brown colour as
they get older.

5. Bedbug Prevention Tips
 It’s not going to enhance your life at all if you’re
constantly paranoid about bedbugs. However, taking a few
precautionary measures to keep them away never hurt, either.
Once they get into your bed, they can be more than challenging
to get out.
1) Anytime you bring second hand furniture or clothing into
your house, give it the once over before you set it down and
leave it. Look in all the little cracks and creases and
folds, because that’s where they like to hide. You can also
purchase mattress covers for your mattress and boxspring that
are designed to keep bedbugs out.
2) Bedbugs often hitch a ride on your kid’s clothing, and it’s
wise to inspect it anytime they come back from a sleepover.
Another way to prevent bedbugs after a sleepover is to toss
all the clothes into a hot washing machine. This will kill
any bugs that may be hiding in the clothes.

6. Bedbug Prevention Tips
3) Utilizing some basic housekeeping skills is another
way to prevent the dreaded bedbug from showing up in
your house. Bedbugs love to take cover in the midst
of clutter, so reducing the amount of clutter in your
home will also reduce the number of hiding spots for
the bedbugs.
4) If you are traveling for business or any other
reason, use the luggage racks provided at your
hotel, and inspect your luggage well when you get
home.
Basically, any situation where bedbugs could stow away
in your clothes, luggage or anything else, is an
opportunity for prevention.

7. Places to Look
 If you’re suspicious that one or more made it past your defenses, take a look
through in all the usual hiding spots.
Bed – Little blood spots are the telltale sign they’ve been on your bed. Stand
the mattress up on end and look all around the seam, inside the pleats and
anywhere else that could hide a bug. Do the same with the boxspring, and use
a flashlight if necessary.
Bedroom – The bed might be the main spot they like to hide, but it isn’t the only
one. If the bed is clear, look under desks and dressers, in drawers, behind
pictures and curtains, behind baseboards and under carpet, if you can.
Furniture – One thing about bedbugs is that they like to travel. If you find
them in your room, you should look around the rest of the house, too. This
includes couches, chairs and tables. It also includes
curtains, pictures, baseboards and everything else you looked at in the
bedroom.

8. If You Already Have Bedbugs
 If you find that you
already have
bedbugs, it’s a little
late for your prevention
methods. Some of the
more common home bedbug
remedies include:
• Chemicals & Pesticides
• Steaming & Fogging
• Aerosol Treatment
• Exposure to Heat or Cold

9. If You Already Have Bedbugs
 It’s always best to use caution anytime you start messing around
with chemicals in the same place you sleep. In most cases, bedbug
home removal won’t work 100% effectively anyway.
 It’s perfectly ok to try, and in some cases you might even
succeed, but even a couple of stragglers will see them return in
the future.
 If you really want them gone, call up some professionals who deal
with bedbugs everyday. A professional will know all the secret
hiding spots and how to get the bugs to come out.
 If you hire experts, you’ll also get some kind of guarantee or
warranty that the bugs will be gone for good. In most
cases, that’s a lot more than you can hope to get by doing it
yourself.