We know we asked you if you hated bed bugs in the headline. But we shouldn’t really have asked. Right? Come on, who does not hate beg bugs? These are little insects that crawl over you and make your body scratch till you can no more hold out. They disturb your sleep and make the night look insanely long and horrifying to spend.
Oh no, no one likes bed bugs. That is sure.
Now, as much as people hate beg bugs, there are certain facts about the insects that remain relatively unknown. We have gathered some facts about bed bugs that will give you Goosebumps when you think of the insects.
Check Out Weird Facts About Bed Bugs
1. Bed Bugs Are Terrific At Hiding
Does this make your heart beat faster? I bet it does. Bed bugs can devise a way to hide a from you no matter how hard you try to find them. They are masters at hiding. These insects can curl up inside the least expected places waiting for a time to unleash their horror on you when you try to sleep at night.
Apparently, this makes it really difficult to clear them up when they infiltrate a building or take over a bed. It is also why they are really feared around the world.
2. Bed Bugs Often Feast On The Skin
Now this one is really terrifying. Feast? Can you imagine that? Well, what does “feasting” exactly mean, by the way? Let us explain.
Research has shown that bed bugs don’t “bite” their victim, in the sense of the word. What they actually do is a little blood-curdling. According to experts, bed bugs as parasites actually have two hollow tubes with which they suck the blood. Bed bugs usually sink their saliva which is filled with anesthesia, into a person’s skin through the first tube. This is meant to numb the skin area and thereby stop the blood from clotting. After this, they then suck the blood from the other tube.
At the height of their feasting, the insects usually remain on the human flesh for as long as 10 minutes just sucking their blood and then go into hiding afterwards.
3. You Can’t Starve Bed Bugs; They Can Go Several Months Without Food
Were you tempted to scream ‘lie!’? Well, we won’t blame you at all. This fact is quite unbelievable. However, it is very true.
Research shows that bed bugs are hardy. Their endurance level aids them to live for several months without their “blood food”. This is terrifying because it means they can survive for a long time inside furniture and other places in your house even though they have not feasted on you. When you think they have been conquered and have left your house, they will emerge again unexpectedly and begin their feasting again.
4. Bed Bugs Can Survive Freezing And Very Hot Temperatures
Bed bugs have been found out to be able to survive in freezing temperatures as well as in very hot temperatures. In fact, it is revealed that the insects can survive in 122 degrees temperature. This means you can’t really control them by regulating the temperature inside your house.
Indeed, doing away with bed bugs can be a hard nut to crack. It is often said that bed bugs cannot be dealt with by employing DIY measures because professional pest control is quite the most adequate way of fighting them.
5. Bed Bugs Are Subtle
Many times, a person can be under attack from bed bugs and not even know it. This is terrifying right? Obviously!
Bed bugs can suck a person’s blood without them knowing because they are masters at anesthesiology. This makes a reference to point 2 above. The insects are capable of numbing a person’s skin by sinking their saliva into them. Bed bugs’ saliva is filled with anesthesia and this is what makes a person’s skin numb. After numbing their victim’s skin, beg bugs can continue feasting without the person knowing.
6. They Multiply Rapidly
Now, this is bad news! If bed bugs take over your home, it becomes really difficult to control them because they breed rapidly and in large numbers.
Research shows that female bed bugs lay eggs ranging from one to seven every single day. Whew!!! That’s quite a lot. This means that if bed bugs find their ways to your bed, they probably would soon take over all of it because they will keep breeding and multiplying.
Yes, this really is bad news.
7. Bed Bugs Are Horrible While Breeding
In addition to being brutal when feeding on human beings, bed bugs are also brutal to themselves, especially during breeding.
Research shows that the breeding habits of bed bugs are totally horrific. They use insemination but in a very terrifying way.
Usually, the male bed bugs stab the female’s abdomen and then proceed to inject sperm into the wound.
Unbelievable, right? Yes, this fact as unbelievable as these weird inventions!
8. Bed Bug Bites Can Cause Asthma Attacks!
Oh no! This is definitely not good. It has been revealed that bed bug bites can in fact, cause a person to react badly.
According to a research, bed bugs are not only good at giving you really disgusting bites, they can also cause you have an allergic reaction. These reactions can end up causing asthma attacks and even anaphylaxis in the victim.
9. Bed Bugs Can Spread Easily
It is very easy for the bugs to spread from one place to another. This is because they are hitchhikers. They can hang on to your laptop case, shoes, ties and some other pieces of equipment to move around.
This means that, bed bugs can easily spread from one building to another, even from one town to another very easily by having on to a person whose home they have infested.
10. Bed Bugs Have Grown Resistant To Insecticide
Now, this is the proverbial last straw that breaks the camel’s back! Resistant to insecticides? Heartbreaking but fact.
A study which was carried out in 2016, revealed that bed bugs had grown resistant to neonicotinoids which happens to be one of the most widely used insecticides in the world.
Experts now say bed bugs have developed immunity to the chemicals. They have explained that other non-chemical methods of control is what must be considered to get rid of these insects.
