Bedbugs

Charges

• A full treatment service for bedbug infestations in domestic premises is available at a charge of £58.00 (a discounted rate of £14.50 is available for those in receipt of specified benefits).  The charge includes all necessary revisits to treat the single infestation and all associated materials and labour costs.

Description of pest:

• Dark brown/mahogany in colour
• Transparent if not fed for some time
• Adult around 6mm long
• Oval in shape
• Very flat (except directly after a feed)
• Eggs are creamy white normally found in clusters on headboard/base of bed
• Young bed bugs (nymphs) are tiny in comparison to adults

Facts about bed bugs

• They can ingest up to seven times their weight in blood during a feeding session
• They emerge whilst you are sleeping to feed on your blood
• They live around headboards/base of bed, furniture and in cracks and crevices such as behind skirting boards

Signs that you may have bed bugs

• Bites to upper part of the body
• Blood spots on sheets/duvet
• Insect living around headboard or base of bed
• Black marks (like black ink spots) again around the headboard/base of bed and in bad cases around skirting boards/walls and bedroom furniture

How did I get bed bugs?

• They can be already living in any second-hand beds or bedroom furniture that you may have bought or obtained.
• Staying in already infested accommodation such as a hotel/holiday home where they will crawl into luggage, then crawl back out once you are home.
• They can migrate from property to property. They can have already been in your home when you moved in (if recently moved).
• Having someone stay at your home who has them in their luggage from their own home.

Treatment

• You will probably need professional help dealing with an infestation of bedbugs; Nuneaton Borough Council can provide you with a chargeable service.
• Please ensure that rooms to be sprayed are ready for the Pest Control Officer by ensuring areas are free from clutter and are easy to access.
• The infested rooms will be sprayed with insecticides, paying particular attention to bed frames, skirting boards, wall switches and any other cracks and crevices likely to shelter bugs.
• The number of revisits required will depend upon the nature and level of infestation and guidance will be given by the Pest Control Officer on the first visit.

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