One Lone Bed Bug

Unfortunately the presence of one suggests there are more.

One lone bed bug.

While bed bugs aren t attracted to filth having things lying around does give them more places to hide in. The first thing you should do is remove the clutter in the room you found the bug in. You found one bed bug now what. Another reason lone specimens indicate infestation is that bed bugs are not solitary creatures by nature even if they appear to be.

If you have found even one bed bug on your mattress then do note that there are bound to be many more of these pests lurking nearby. If there are more they will try and fed every day if possible. One bed bug in a home is not always a sign that a significant infestation is present. This is due to the simple fact that female bed bugs lay hundreds of eggs in cracks crevices and other hard to access areas.

Your first instinct might be to toss your furniture outside so that you can get rid of the bugs but you should know that this is not always the best solution. If the bed bug infestation has made its way to your living room you may be able to find bed bugs hiding in the seams on your sofa love seat recliner and any other furniture. Vacuum frequently and clean out the vacuum after each run. It isn t just bed bugs skill at hiding which contributes to the problem.

The dust cuts the exoskeletons of the bugs and they die. The complete life cycle of a bed bug requires at least one blood meal before molting to the next stage this again depends on temperature and availability of food blood meal. Get an allergy cover for your mattress to keep bugs from establishing. There is only one way to determine if the bed bug you found was a loner or part of a larger tribe start investigating.

If you found the one bed bug killed it and can t find any more after a thorough search wait for a few days bed bugs don t take time off. When a person has unknowingly brought a bed bug infestation into their home or workplace etc they ve either brought in a non fertile single bed bug or more than one bed bugs at once or a single fertile female bed bug with the ability to reproduce. Bed bugs are not technically considered social insects because they do not feed or clean each other. You could get drione dust non toxic and spread a little around the bed and in cracks and crevices.

Bed bugs do require to feed blood meal in order to survive yet there is a 14 month life span of a adult bed bugs without human contact found in scientific studies. It is possible for a lone bug to hitchhike its way into your home or hide itself on your person.