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Professional
Mattress Cleaning determines which
management tactics to adopt that take into account specific bug biology
and habits. For example, if the blood feeder is a bat bug rather
than a bed bug, a different management approach is needed.
Control of bed bugs is best
achieved by following an integrated pest management (I.P.M.) approach that
involves multiple tactics, such as preventive, hygiene measures, sanitation, and
chemicals applied to targeted sites.
Severe infestations usually are best
handled only by a licensed pest management professional.
There are several ways that a home can
become infested with bedbugs. People can often acquire bedbugs at hotels,
motels, and bed-and-breakfasts, thanks to increased domestic and
international tourism, and bring them back to their homes in their
luggage. They also can pick them up by inadvertently bringing infested
furniture or used clothing to their household. Finally, bedbugs may travel
between units in multi-unit dwellings (such as condominiums and apartment
buildings).
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THE MATTRESS
CLEANING PROFESSIONALS
specializing in bed
bugs elimination |
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A bed bug infestation can be recognized by blood
stains from crushed bugs or by rusty (sometimes dark) spots of excrement
on sheets and mattresses, bed clothes, and walls. Fecal spots, eggshells,
and shed skins may be found in the vicinity of their hiding places. An
offensive, sweet, musty odor from their scent glands may be detected when
bed bug infestations are severe. |
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Adult bed
bugs are brown to reddish-brown, oval-shaped, flattened, and about 3/16 to
1/5 inch long. The body becomes more elongate, swollen, and dark red after
a blood meal. Bed bugs have a beaklike piercing-sucking mouthpart system. |
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Keeping
your mattress clean is not always the easiest task, especially if you have
young children and pets living in your home. Unfortunately, accidents do
and more often than not, will happen. |
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