Bed bugs are considered a common pest in the UK and tend to thrive in Spring, Summer and early Autumn. Experts warn that London homes provide a great living condition for them because of the typical UK weather and temperatures. Smell is one of the best indicators warning you may have an infestation on your hands.
Raspberries
Many people have described the smell of a bed bug infestation as something similar to spoiled raspberries.
Arrow Extermination added: “You will sometimes hear a person describe the bed beg smell as something similar to the smell of almonds or a somewhat acidic marzipan odour.
“However, not everyone describes a smell when encountering bed bug infestations and it isn’t always the same experience for everyone.”
How to get rid of bedbugs
The safest and most effective approach to getting rid of bed bugs is heat treatment says experts.
This should involve a trained professional who heats the home’s rooms one by one to a temperature of 50 degrees Celsius and sustains the heat for four hours.
Heat does not penetrate well into wall voids, though, so desiccant dusts are often applied to those areas.
No single technique can eliminate bed bugs – combinations of approaches are essential to getting the job done.
Another method to get rid of bedbugs is vacuuming.
You can vacuum up a lot of insects, but eggs are harder to get, and vacuuming won’t in itself kill bed bugs.
Indeed, vacuuming can end up spreading bed bugs to other rooms – when emptying the canister, for example.
Pest control operators who use vacuums take measures to prevent bed bugs from escaping when the vacuum is emptied as vacuuming can often spread the bugs to other rooms.
Encasing mattresses is another solution; however, it doesn’t get rid of the infestation.
Calling in professionals is almost always the safest and best way to get rid of bed bugs.