Bed bugs are excellent hitchhikers that bite us at night while we sleep but your Tulsa Exterminator can help eradicate them. They are often brought into your home in a purse, a bag, a backpack or a suitcase. Bed bugs are most commonly found on and around the bed, but they are located anywhere that has human contact for a long period of time. They can crawl into your bag on an airplane or train, while at a movie theatre, or during a ride with a friend. You then bring your bed bug-contaminated bag into your bedroom, and then the bed bug nightmare has begun. Although they cannot fly or jump, bed bugs are capable walkers and climbers. They can easily climb the metal or wooden legs of furniture to access a blood meal if there is a slight texture to the finish.
Bed bugs have been observed to walk 3-4 feet per minute. They hide in tight and hidden spots around your sleeping area during the day and happily travel between 5-20 feet from their hiding place to feed upon their host. They locate a potential host by the carbon dioxide exhaled when we breathe and the heat that emanates from our bodies. Once they locate a potential host, bed bugs pierce the skin and feed for between 3-12 minutes. Most people do not wake up when bed bugs are in the act of feeding, and every person responds differently to a bite. Contact your Tulsa exterminator.
Bed Bug Reproduction
Female bed bugs reproduce with male bed bugs and then lay eggs that hatch into nymphs. These nymphs grow and develop into adults after about four weeks. Female bed bugs can lay around 500 eggs during their lifetime. Bed bug reproduction rates are quite fascinating. These bed bugs rapidly reproduce. One adult bed bug can lay 1 and 5 eggs each day. It takes 7 to 10 to hatch. Then if the bed bug eats regularly, it molts 5 times (about once per week) before becoming an adult. Contact your Tulsa Exterminator.
Myths About Bed Bugs and Tulsa Exterminator
Bed bugs can fly- bed bug black wings, and therefore cannot fly. That is unless you put a blow dryer behind them, then they will fly about 1.2 meters. Bed bugs can live a year without a meal at a normal room temperature, about 23 degrees Celsius. They can only survive two to three months without a blood meal. But because they are cold-blooded animals, their metabolism will slow down in chillier climates. This insect may likely live up to a year without feeding. Bed bugs only bite at night although they are generally nocturnal. If they are hungry, they will get up and get something to eat. Contact your Tulsa Exterminator today. Check out our reviews!
If you’re having trouble with bed bugs, or any other pests, then it’s time to call a Tulsa exterminator who can help you. Here at TermMax pest control, we are the best in the business when it comes to dealing with bed bugs, or any other pests. We service the greater Tulsa area, including Broken Arrow, Coweta, Claremore, Catoosa, Owasso, Turley, Bixby, and Jenks. Sand Springs, Sapulpa, Prattville, and so much more. Call today for a free estimate. We’re here to help!
