“Considered eradicated long metropolitan areas, bedbugs are back strong. From one city to another across the country, are found both in accommodation for the homeless than 5 stars. Contrary to popular belief, the presence of bed bugs do not result from a lack of cleanliness. “(Pest Control Canada)

Their mode of propagation

The bugs are mostly transported in bags or purses, clothing by your customers. They can also spread from one room to another. The removal or relocation of already infested items (furniture, bedding, clothing, bags, etc..) An inhabited place to another is the main mode of spread of bedbugs.

Their return to the living environments based on different assumptions:

* The changing methods of controlling pests.
* The immunity to pesticides developed by the insect.
* Increasing international travel and immigration.

Description:

Bed bugs are brownish insects visible to the naked eye. Their average size is about four millimeters (1 / 8 inch). They are active and visible at night, and are typically located along the seams of mattresses. They feed on human blood. Depending on the degree of infestation, it is also found hidden in crevices of walls, floor and furniture, in bed frames, behind pictures and under the wallpaper, the caches are also breeding grounds.
Adults can survive more than a year without a blood meal.

How to detect their presence?

Regular inspection is recommended mattresses and there are three ways to know if bed bugs living in your hotel establishment:

* Generally, customers who are bitten in their sleep have redness.
* Traces of blood or traces of excrement are sometimes visible on the sheets.
* You can see the eggs of insects by inspecting under the mattress and on the seams.
Some people do not feel the bites and they can take up to 9 days to appear.

Control Measures

When the presence of bedbugs is suspected, it is strongly advised to call a professional exterminator to ensure that screening is done well and that the various control methods (including the use of insecticides in some places) are adequate and made according to standard. The exterminators must first ensure that the right product is used and that insecticides are not spread over the beds of people. The exterminator is coming one month apart to kill the bugs that will hatch, despite the first use of insecticide. A heat of 44 o C to 45 o C (111 o F – 113 o F) is lethal to bugs. It assesses their survival time in approximately 20 minutes when the temperature is 65 o C.