No more disturbance: Sleep peacefully.

Bed bugs are the most annoying creature and a nightmare for us if we ignore their presence in home. It is a tiny, wingless and yellowish colour. It generally feedback on the blood of humans and animals. You can find bed bugs in mattresses and key areas like small cracks, crevices, tufts etc. Basically, they are active at night when you are asleep. Bed bug bites may be the result of allergic reactions and also you may experience skin irritation and infection like impetigo, and ecthyma. If you notice signs like small dark spots, bites or dropping bed bugs you need to identify them soon and also take the necessary steps to remove them from your home or hotel. Whether you are a hotel guest or homeowner, it is important to learn how to detect bed bugs on mattresses to act fast and keep your mattress bed bug-free. 

First let’s know how bed bugs enter at your home!

Typically, bed bugs enter your house from other areas where they are present, like they might come from another flat in your building where you may be in your residential or rental property. However, identification of bed bugs is important to stop its infestation. Alternatively, you may bring them in on your baggage or a handbag that you leave in a bedbug-infested area. You may bring that stressful insect by buying second-hand furniture that may have bed bugs. Additionally if you stay in a hotel room, these insects can readily enter your home through clothing, bags, and even your body. 

Now we need to understand how to detect bed bugs on a mattress:

Bed bug identification on mattresses is important because they are very much active at night, causing disturbance of your sleep and also skin infection.  But detecting bed bugs on mattresses is a very challenging task because they hide in small tracks, close to the piping, bed frame or headboard or seams. If your mattress and bed are not thoroughly inspected they remain on your mattress. It is essential to pay particular attention to the cracks, seams of your box springs or mattress. It spreads very quickly, to spot these tiny, blood-sucking, you may notice telltale signs of bed bugs infestation. 

Here are a few identification signs of them. 

Dark patches on your mattress:

You could see tiny blood stains on your mattress, which could indicate that bed bugs are present. One or more black patches on your mattress, pillows, or sheets are another indication of a bedbug infestation that is more likely to attract your attention. These insect bites don’t frequently hurt and don’t irritate your skin too much. Because of this, it may take some time to notice the signs of their presence. Typically, the blood spots on your bedding is the crucial sign of their presence.

Traces of bed bugs

Usually, as discussed above, the insects’ paths have little black patches. When they are eating, they are also frequently found in their hiding spots. Facel marks or facel spotting looks like black spots which are results of bug excrement.  The diameter of fresh fecal marks is 0.5 — 1 mm almost resembling dots from the tip of a pen. Additionally old droppings soaks into bed and leaves a strain which is difficult to wash out. Generally you may see these traces on bed sheets, curtains, mattresses, behind the wallpaper and other surfaces. 

Musty Smell

You may experience unpleasant and musty odor in your bedroom which could be an indication of bed bug infestation. Along with the bites and other signs, you can notice rusty smells which gradually worsen over the period of week. 

Shell Casing

Sometimes you can find yellowish-brown or pale in mattress seams and harborage areas husks. It causes due their life cycle changes where they molt and leave shed skins. Shell casing is proper evidence of a developing infestation.

Eggs: 

Bed bugs’ eggs are a very prominent sign of their presence. Eggs from bed bugs are little, white and oval shaped, measuring only 1 mm which is rarely visible to naked eyes.. Freshly laid eggs are easily stuck to the surface and after 5 days it gives a dark spot on your beddings. 

Here are some tips and tricks to prevent bed bugs from your mattress and home:

There are several ways to get rid of bed bugs in your house, including using heat treatments or insecticides, if you’ve seen bites on your body or other symptoms. 

• Regularly inspecting your house for signatures of bed bugs and taking precautions against infestations are the best ways to make your house bed bug-free. There are certain home remedies you can apply before hiring professionals to handle pests. 
• Bed bugs may be eliminated with a hoover, but need to discard the contents after using it to prevent the bed bugs from returning. Additionally You may use a steam cleaner to thoroughly clean the mattress and any surrounding places where bed bugs could be hiding, then wash all of your clothing and bedding at a high temperature. 
• You can keep your mattress exposed to sunlight to kill those active bed bugs and destroy the eggs. It is necessary to examine everything thoroughly before bringing your baggage, clothes or second hand furniture while bringing to the house from another place.

Conclusion 

While there are no recognised health risks associated with bed bugs, having an infestation in your house may be irritating. Whether bed bug infestation is severe you need to call a professional  pest control management service. With the use of an advanced technology  inspect the bed bugs and apply strategic approaches to remove them from root. Therefore your pest control experts who can take all necessary steps to eradicate them and protect from future infestation.