How to Get Rid of Bed Bugs and Prevent Them from Reappearing

There are two similar varieties of bugs: the harmless woodlice and their cousins, the bed bugs, much feared in Québec! Because this is a tedious operation that requires courage and determination, find out quickly how to get rid of bed bugs if they’ve launched an attack on your house, your skin, or that of your pets.

Recognizing bed bugs

To get rid of them as quickly as possible before they reproduce, the first step is to know how to recognize bed bugs. These rampant little insects, which are flat and oval-shaped and no wider than 8 mm at most, are brown in colour but rarely visible to the naked eye. The bed bugs that are inclined to live year-round in an indoor environment are particularly fond of cozy places such as bedrooms, which are full of mattresses, clothes, curtains, bags, and pleasant pillows. Even though they can’t jump or fly, bed bugs are extremely fast and bite and suck the blood of their victims. According to people and even animals, their bites cause pimples, swelling, and itching that can be more or less bearable. A single female bed bug brought into an interior is enough to cause a huge infestation throughout a house.

• Examine your bed, pillows, sheets, comforter, and bed frame to detect the presence of one of these insects, excrement, or the presence of blood. In particular, check the seams where they like to nest.

Getting rid of bed bugs

Long and tedious, the road to making bed bugs disappear must be built from bed bug traps, mechanical treatments, and treatments with chemical insecticides. This combination must be carried out as soon as possible and without delay to limit the proliferation as well as the bites on the skin as much as possible.

• Use bed bug traps placed at the feet of your bed frame, which you can purchase at specialty stores or design yourself using diatomaceous earth. You can also coat the feet of your bed and bed frame in Vaseline in case of attack, which will give you time to find another solution, so that the insects slide during their ascent.
• The mechanical treatment is undoubtedly the solution to consider as soon as possible. First, begin by carefully vacuuming everywhere in your house, especially in the areas likely to house them, to suck up the bed bugs as well as their eggs. Using a steam cleaner that you own or which you can rent from a professional cleaning company, you can carefully clean all the areas where the bed bugs are likely to be hiding.
• Insecticides specific to bed bugs can also be used as an attack treatment. They can be purchased in the form of smoke canisters, automatic aerosol cans, or special sprays. To make the insecticides work without fearing for your health, it’s necessary to trigger them, let them work while leaving the rooms in question, and repeat the operation at least three times in 3-week intervals to eliminate all the eggs.

If bed bugs have invaded your interior, and especially if their attacks are making your life unbearable, you can also rely on a company specializing in pest control, which will be able to handle the situation and let you regain your calm in the face of a situation that’s quickly becoming unmanageable. In particular, their treatment lets you prevent their reappearance.