Some Background InformationHABITS
•Latest Research from Dr. Stephen A. Kells from the University of Minnesota has found the following: Bed bugs will aggregate close to their host due to assembly pheromones. They will also disperse due to Alarm pheromones. Although he has found some will just wander off-especially pregnant females. •Bed bugs will normally feed just before dawn. •Disturbed bed bugs will move to quieter areas and can move at the rate of 3 feet per minute. WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? •We have found that bed bugs enter a structure primarily by being transported in luggage, used furniture, and reconditioned mattresses and couches. We have also found bed bugs arriving via laundry, from the apartment next door when a treatment is done incorrectly and in dry cleaning. •Remember bed bugs are not associated with filth- bed bugs are associated with PEOPLE. |
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