Bed bugs date back to Ancient Rome where they were wreaking havoc throughout Asia and Europe. England began reporting bed bugs in the 1500’s.
During the 18th Century, bed bugs made their way into America via ships arriving from Europe. By the 20th Century, most Americans had seen and been bitten by bed bugs. However, with diligence and the use of pesticides, bed bugs had almost been eliminated.

Chemical control is the most common approach to managing bed bug infestations. However, relying on insecticides alone might require a greater amount of the product, which can lead to insecticide resistance. In addition, labels prohibit the use of insecticides on some bed bug-preferred areas, such as mattresses and couches, because people may come into direct contact with the chemical. Also, insecticides cannot be applied to fabric items such as sheets, pillows, blankets, and clothes.
IPM programs, especially those that combine chemical and mechanical approaches, are effective to control bed bugs. For example, some companies that use whole room heat treatment recommend insecticide application in places where bed bugs would walk and rest to avoid re-infestations. Other companies use insecticides on resting areas (such as bed frames, box springs, inside empty dressers, and cracks) in combination with vacuuming and steam (on beds and couches).
Approximately 300 products in the following categories are registered to control bed bugs.

Bed bugs hide during the day and avoid places with movement and light during the night. They use carbon dioxide, warmth, and moisture to locate their hosts. Bed bugs tend to feed on exposed areas of humans, such as the face, neck, arms, and hands. Humans are not disturbed while bed bugs are feeding because bed bugs inject anticoagulants and anesthetics through their saliva, which usually leads to an allergic reaction in the form of a colorless wheal, welt, or lump at the bite location. After feeding, bed bugs defecate semisolid and sticky materials that leave reddish-black spots on mattresses or nearby furniture. Spots and fecal material odors are good clues to the presence of bed bugs.


Bed bugs prefer to live on wood, paper, and fabric surfaces, but they can also live on stone, metal, or plaster. In infested locations, bed bugs are usually found in seams of mattresses, inside mattress coils, cracks in bed frame, bedside furniture, dressers, wallboards, wood paneling, door and window frames, behind pictures, under loose wallpaper, and in rooms near host sleeping areas.
Bed bugs can quickly crawl short distances and infest other rooms in a house or business. In apartment buildings, bed bugs can move from one apartment to another vertically and horizontally. Long-distance infestations occur when infested objects such as bedding, furniture, or packing materials are moved to new areas. Also, travelers can transport bed bugs back and forth in clothing, luggage, and laptop or tablet cases.

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