Bed Bug Identification In Los Angeles

Bed bugs are insects that maintain a close relationship with people, and you may find them anywhere humans spend time or sleep. Blood is the sole source of nutrition for bed bugs, and people are their preferred food source. These blood-feeding insects live in large populations throughout Southern California, and because they live indoors, they actively feed and breed year-round.

It is essential to know what they look like to identify a bed bug infestation in your Beverly Hills home. These wingless insects have reddish-brown, flat, oval bodies, short antennae, and six legs. After feeding, their body elongates, swells, and turns a deep red color.

Bed bugs are not necessarily dangerous, but they are quite problematic to have in our homes. Some of the biggest reasons these pests are unwelcome in our homes include:

• Their presence and the knowledge that they feed on our blood causes a lack of sound sleep.
• They are prolific breeders, and just a few finding their way into your home unnoticed can lead to a large-scale infestation.
• The streaks of excrement and drops of blood that they leave behind stain walls, bedding, mattresses, and upholstery.
• Those allergic to the bed bug's saliva will experience a red itchy rash at the bite sites.
• Excessive scratching at bite sites can lead to a secondary infection.

Los Angeles is a huge metropolitan area that's home to millions of people and where many other people visit each day. Since bed bugs travel with people and on our belongings, California experiences major problems with hitchhiking bed bugs. Bed bugs are most likely to be introduced into our homes on people or the things we bring inside, especially secondhand items like mattresses, furniture, and electronics.

Bed bugs live successfully in various places, including family homes, apartment buildings, hotels, schools, airports, resorts, laundry mats, and anywhere else people spend time.

After finding their way into your home, nocturnal bed bugs hide during the day in places that both conceal them and put them near sleeping people.

Below are some of the most common areas to discover bed bugs in our homes:

• The seams of mattresses and box spring
• Inside electrical outlets
• Under rugs
• Behind baseboards
• Within upholstered furniture or wooden furniture
• Under clutter

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Avoid experiencing a large-scale bed bug infestation in your Los Angeles area home with the following prevention tips.

• When traveling or spending time in public places, always know that bed bugs could be present in the back of your mind. Keep your belongings up off the ground and away from other people's things.
• Since bed bugs often hitchhike on mattresses, box springs, and upholstered furniture, avoid purchasing these items secondhand for use in your home.
• Clutter doesn't attract bed bugs, but it will hide them. Get rid of as much clutter from your home as possible. Doing so will help you identify an infestation sooner rather than later.
• Place bed bug-proof covers on mattresses and box springs in your home.
• Regularly vacuum your floors and upholstered furniture.