How do bedbugs start in your home?

Answer 1

They first get into your home either by unhatched eggs being in some luggage, furniture, bedding or other item brought into your home or in rare cases by live bedbugs crawling into your home from somebody else's home because they detect the breath of somebody asleep in your home from where they were. The commonest ways are from somebody buying second hand furniture from somebody whose home had a bedbug infestation in it and where a female bedbug laid its eggs in hidden part of that furniture, or else when you return from holiday having stayed somewhere like a hotel which had a bedbug infestation, and where perhaps one or more female bedbugs laid eggs in your luggage which you bring home with you without knowing. Once the eggs first hatch in your home the newly born nymph will detect your breath while you are asleep. It will want a meal so it will crawl towards where it detects your breath coming from, which may be 50 metres or more from where the eggs first hatch. Once it finds you it will climb or jump into your bed for its first blood meal off you, and then find a hiding place very close to where you sleep such as in your mattress seams or a hole in the floorbaords under your bed. After four succesive meals off you, the nymph will have become an adult bedbug and a female bedbug can then lay more eggs in or near your bed and so more nymphs may be born and gradually a major infestation come about, probably also spreading to other occupied beds in your home.

Answer 2

Do not confuse bedbugs with garden bugs. Bedbugs are pests and virtually always live in a home not a garden and can be brought into that home in various ways, such as one or more bedbug eggs having been laid in somebody's luggage or clothing without them knowing, perhaps when they were staying in a hotel when on holiday. Or another way they often first get into a home is when second hand furniture, and particuarly anything second hand realting to a bed, such as a second hand mattress or a second hand bed itself. Such furniture may have live bedbugs in them but more often will have bed bug eggs in it. Once in your home the eggs hatch.When a bedbug's eggs hatch out, the newly born nymph or nymphs may be some way from your bedroom, but it can immediately detect if there is anybody asleep within about 50 metres of themselves because bedbugs are programmed to detect the breath of a human sleeping anywhere near themselves. So if you are in bed asleep and the nymph happens to detect your breath while you sleep , it will immediately be attracted towards you even if you are some distance away from where it hatched. Once it finds you in your bed it will have an overpowering urge to climb in and bite you to have its first meal of your blood. Once it has had that meal it will then find a new base very close to you, which will be its future hiding place. This may be somewhere either in your bed or very close to it. It will not return to where it originated from because it knows it is now near a good source of food, which happens to be your blood. The real problem starts when the nymphs become adult bedbugs and start laying more eggs in or near your bed, so more and more bedbugs gradually get born and come out an bite you while you are asleep and want your blood. That is called a serious bedbug infestation and it needs to be dealt with urgently because it can be a serious hazard to your health.

Answer 3

Bed bugs are commonly introduced into your home via visitors, you could bring themfrom a hotel or relatives home, They could be at your work and you could transport themto your home. We have seen it happen many ways but usually it involves someone coming into contact with them through out there daily activities. I have also witnessed infestation fro a delivery truck where they bring new mattresses and haul away the old ones in the same truck too.

Answer 4

In my opinion, 1st things 1st u got to make your house clean, secondly always wash ur bed sheets and mattress once a week. buy a anti-bug sprayer and use it once a week. i think that's should do it. lastly don get in your house with muddy shoes.. haha just kidding..

Answer 5

The following are some basic suggestions of things to do or look for to help determine if there are bed bugs in your home.

1. Bites - One of the most common reasons people suspect bed bug infestations are the appearance of bug bites. Bed bugs will usually feed while people are sleeping, so check over your body in the mornings for any small red bites, or unexplainable marks. **Note that not all individuals will have a reaction to bed bug bites, some can go on being bitten for months and never know.
2. Waste - Bed bugs generally leave behind a sufficient amount of waste. Things to look for include dark spots on your mattress or box spring, skin castings and of course dead bugs.
3. Traps - There are numerous passive bed bug monitors and traps available on the market. Two of these that are carried by our store, ProFlyControl (available here) are ClimbUp Interceptors, and BDS's. Both of these items will trap bed bugs attempting to get onto or off of furniture, and will allow them to be identified. You can also make a somewhat effective trap by using double-sided tape (try carpet tape).
4. Hunting - Bed bugs are known to be most active around dawn. If you are searching for live bugs, this is the best time to look. An untrained eye is much more likely to find bugs at this time of day, with the assistance of a flashlight.
5. Know Where To Look - Bed bugs are excellent at hiding, so when attempting a game of bed bug hide-and-seek, you must know their favorite spots. The smaller the space, the better, be sure to search seams, folds, creases in all furniture in the room. Bed bugs are small and can hide in some very unlikely places

Answer 6

Usually bed bugs come in with someone who has picked them up in another location. They may come on your body or in your clothes or luggage.

Answer 7

bed bugs get into a home by having dirty clothes around the house, having dirty sheets on your bed, everything that is dirty and lying around your house it will attract bed bugs