Monday 12 November 2012

What do bed bug bites look like?


Bed bugs are actually small filthy looking creatures with shiny tough outer surfaces. The edges of the oval shaped body are tapered from both the ends. They are mostly found in hidden corners, in the mattresses along the side walls, in the bed and the like. They make creepy eerie sounds in the dark after you have slept and hunt for their victims. Their primary and only mode of nutrition is blood.  They are the tiniest form of a roach. Even the color of their bodies resemble with that of the roaches. 

The bed bugs have long feathery legs with appendages, longer and thinner than the whole body. Around 3-4 pairs of legs are used for supporting the bulky looking body of a bed bug. They have two antennae at their anterior region used for sensing and hunting for the prey in the dark. 

The body of the bed bugs is divided into apartments separated by horizontal patterned lines apparently. Initially the eggs are no bigger than a rice grain and before their first feeding stage; their body is like a transparent waxed tiny object and then changes its color and increases in size.

Bed bugs Perth are the most commonly found pests and healthier habits of living must be pursued for its proper control.