A bed bug is a type of domestic pest which might find its way into the house and hide inside dark places only to come out at the appropriate time to suck blood from the hosts themselves or their animals. There are many places that these pests can hide within the house as long as there is poor lighting in those places and there is easy access to someone or an animal to suck blood from. In most households, the pests will quickly find the most comfortable places for them to hide, and such places are those with less light such as furniture because they can hide in the joints on the equipment and get out when it is time to feed only. It is also very common to find the bed bugs inside other materials things in the house such as the clothes, the carton boxes, the bed sheets and the mattress because here, they feel safe because of the darkness and can be sure to find a person to suck from.
It easy to transfer the bed bugs from a house or other place that has them into your own house without even knowing and therefore it is important to be cautious to prevent such from happening. The bugs can be transferred from one place to another by crawling onto clothes and luggage when you visit the house that is infested, when you buy second-hand items for domestic use from the person, or they can even crawl and hide in your laptop while you stay in an infested hotel room. Some preventive measures can be taken to make sure that the bugs are not transferred to your house. One method is by washing all the second-hand items you buy using hot water and soap and then drying them well.
There are many ways to establish if you have been infested with bed bugs and how far the infestation has gone by looking if different evidence of their existence. A common method to know that your house is infested is by observing your skin when you wake up and if it is itchy with some spots, the bugs might exist. Another sign of infestation is by looking to find any skin that they have shed even eggs anywhere in the dark places of the house.
When you have confirmed that there are bed bugs in your home, you should then start to get rid of them within the shortest time possible. The methods used to destroy bugs are either by spraying the affected room and everything in it using a pesticide or by washing everything using hot water that is poured into every crack and joint of the furniture and on every other clothes, beddings or bags.