How To Deal With Bed Bugs: A Source Of The Night Terrors!

By Owen Jones

Bed bugs have been making a valiant comeback in the West since the end of the Second World War, and are now firmly entrenched in our cities. So much so, that every Western hotel has to take special precautions costing an aggregated sum of billions of dollars a year, which is passed on to us, the paying guest.

It is long past the time when everyone should take this subject seriously, so, in that vein, I hope that you will find the information below helpful, useful and profitable.

Bed bugs are a major concern for many people, especially those living in densely populated areas. These tiny pests can wreak havoc on your home and your peace of mind, making it difficult to get a good night's sleep. In recent years, the problem of bed bugs has become more prevalent, and many people are looking for effective ways to deal with them.
This book is a comprehensive guide on how to deal with bed bugs, from prevention to elimination. It covers everything you need to know about bed bugs, including their behaviour, habits, and the signs of an infestation. The book offers practical tips and advice on how to prevent bed bugs from entering your home, as well as how to get rid of them if they do.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tektime
• Release date: Jul 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9788835440925

Owen Jones

Author Owen Jones, from Barry, South Wales, came to writing novels relatively recently, although he has been writing all his adult life. He has lived and worked in several countries and travelled in many, many more. He speaks, or has spoken, seven languages fluently and is currently learning Thai, since he lived in Thailand with his Thai wife of ten years. "It has never taken me long to learn a language," he says, "but Thai bears no relationship to any other language I have ever studied before." When asked about his style of writing, he said, "I'm a Celt, and we are Romantic. I believe in reincarnation and lots more besides in that vein. Those beliefs, like 'Do unto another...', and 'What goes round comes around', Fate and Karma are central to my life, so they are reflected in my work'. His first novel, 'Daddy's Hobby' from the series 'Behind The Smile: The Story of Lek, a Bar Girl in Pattaya' has become the classic novel on Pattaya bar girls and has been followed by six sequels. However, his largest collection is 'The Megan Series', twenty-three novelettes on the psychic development of a young teenage girl, the subtitle of which, 'A Spirit Guide, A Ghost Tiger and One Scary Mother!' sums them up nicely. After fifteen years of travelling, Owen and his wife are now back in his home town. He sums up his style as: "I write about what I see... or think I see... or dream... and in the end, it's all the same really..."

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Table of Contents

Scientific Classification

Bed Bugs in the Home

Native Solutions For Bed Bugs

Bitten By The Bug

How to Recognise Bed Bugs

Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite

Good Night Sleep Tight Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite

Bed Bugs - Unwelcome Bed Fellows

Exterminating Bed Bugs

Where Do Bed Bugs Come From?

Hotels Can Have Bed Bugs Too

How to Know if You Have Bed Bugs

How to Get Bed Bugs Out of Your Clothes

Just What Do Bed Bugs Do?

What are Bed Bugs?

How to Control Bed Bugs

Killing Bed Bugs

How to Get Rid of Bed Bugs

Beware Bed Bugs When Travelling

Bed Bug Songs

Scientific Classification

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:            Arthropoda

Class:                  Insecta

Order:                  Hemiptera

Family:            Cimicidae

Genus:                  Cimex

Species:            C. lectularius

Binomial name:       Cimex lectularius (see cover image)

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Bed Bugs in the Home

Bed bugs were everywhere before the Second World War, but billions of them were eradicated due to slum clearance plans in Europe, America and Asia. There was so much progress achieved in eradicating bed bugs that from, say 1945, until the early 1990’s, few people ever saw a bed bug.

However, since the Nineties, bed bugs have been coming back big time. They are now a huge problem in every city in the world from Toronto to New York to London, Paris and elsewhere. Bed bugs are happy to live in clean or dirty properties, they do not discriminate.

Bed bugs are sometimes said to be minute, some people even say invisible to the naked eye, but this is total rubbish. In fact, bed bugs are about the same size and colour as apple pips. Although the colour can vary, particularly depending on whether they have fed recently.

The difficulty for this generation, which has almost certainly never seen a bed bug, is the resurgence of these blood suckers. The health authorities in the United States of America and Canada are very worried about the recent explosion in the number of bed bugs.

Bed bugs are notoriously difficult to get rid of and notoriously easy to acquire. Bed bugs are impervious to most insect killers because they have a heavy waxy coat which is meant to stop them dehydrating, but it is also very good at defending them against insecticides.

The best way to kill these particular insects is with steam. So, if you have an infestation of bed bugs in your home, you have two alternatives. By far the best choice is to call in a professional to clean them out for you; otherwise you will have to hire a steam cleaner.

Clearing your place of bed bugs is not an easy job at all. However, if you want to go down that route, the first thing to do is clean up. Make certain that you reduce the number of places for them to conceal themselves under. Things like piles of ironing, books and newspapers must all be put away or thrown out.

Next, you should wash all your clothes and bedding in the hottest water they can stand, dry and iron them and then seal them in plastic bags. Block up all