BED BUGS
Warm weather brings more bed bugs
Bed bugs can cause infections
so you need to know what they look like & how to rid your home of them
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WHAT BED BUGS LOOK LIKE
- Flat
- Round
- Reddish Brown
- 6 wiggly-like legs
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BED BUG HABITS
- They feed on blood
- Can go without blood for several months
- They attack at night
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SEARCH FOR BED BUGS
- Crevices in bedding & bed frames
- Luggage
- Zippers
- Clothing drawers
- Cardboard boxes
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WHAT BED BUG BITES LOOK LIKE
- 3 raised red ovals in a diagonal line or a horizontal row of 3
- There might be a cluster of them
- Similar to mosquito bites
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TO MINIMIZE BED BUGS
- Change cardboard boxes to plastic containers
- Put clothes in the dryer, then in the washer & dryer
- Buy specially covers made to keep bed bugs away for your mattresses & box springs (BugLock)
- Do not buy pesticide impregnated mattress covers
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In recent years, Bed Bugs have become more resistant to pesticides
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Contact a professional company that uses a trained dog sniffer
who will lead you to where they are hiding
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TOP 10 US CITIES WITH BED BUGS
- Cincinnati, OHIO
- Chicago, ILLINOIS
- Detroit, MICHIGAN
- Denver, COLORADO
- Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
- Columbus, OHIO
- Dallas TEXAS
- Washington,DC
- New York, NEW YORK
- Richmond, VIRGINIA
The U.S. is not the only country with bed bugs,
the majority of countries have bed bugs
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