Main places to look for Bed Bugs:

In the folds of mattresses

In the cracks/crevices of the bed frame

Crevices on the headboard

Behind peeling wallpaper

In electric sockets

In curtain folds

Behind wall pictures/paintings

In the gap between carpet and skirting

Behind skirting boards

In cracks/gaps on bedside drawers

In the material folds on divan drawers

Bed Bug Treatment for Redcar, Whitby and Scarborough areas. Bedbugs / Bed bugs are small blood-sucking insects. Contrary to popular belief, bed bugs are indeed visible, not microscopic things - the adults are about the same size as an apple pip. Young bed bugs, or Nymphs, look exactly the same as the adults, but smaller, each needing a blood meal to advance to its next stage.

Between egg and full grown adult bed bug there are 5 stages.

Hiding in cracks and crevices, bedbugs are often distributed accidentally by the buying and selling of second-hand furniture or on luggage from visits to hotels and Bed & Breakfast rooms in holiday destinations like Whitby and Scarborough. Student accomodation in Teesside, Middlesbrough town centre specifically, can also be a problem area for bed bug infestations, they can move quite freely from room to room because in some built up areas close to the Uni there are lots of one bedroomed flats in very close proximity. There can also be issues with the student transporting them back to the parents houses at the end of the school year.

According to research Bed bugs do not carry disease here in the UK but their bites can cause severe allergic reactions if you get bitten.

Generally found in mattresses, bed frames or bedroom furniture, bed bugs crawl out at night and feed on the blood of their host. You.

If you are waking up with bites, or just think you may have Bed Bugs please call Exopest Ltd straight away as Bed bugs travel from room to room and even neighbouring properties relatively easily.

We will email you a list of instructions to help prepare your home or room for our visit/s.

This list of do's and dont's is a very important part of the treatment process.

Once your rooms are ready for treatment our bed bug exterminators will arrive, and treat them using a variety specialist fast-acting insecticides which will kill the bedbugs and their eggs.

Professional pest control treatment is advised immediately.

We strongly advise not to try treating bed bugs with DIY products. Call Pest Control and Bed Bug professionals Exopest Ltd on 07792868487