{"product_id":"2940014397056","title":"How To Win Your War Against Bed Bugs","description":"What Bed Bugs Look Like\u003cbr\u003eNow that you know a bit more about this bad creature, it is time to learn more about what they\u003cbr\u003eactually look like.\u003cbr\u003eYou will find several pictures located here to help you, but it is important to read the necessary\u003cbr\u003einformation about them as well. Bed bugs are commonly mistaken for other pests in the home.\u003cbr\u003eOr, you may think that you have bed bugs in your home when you actually do not but have\u003cbr\u003esome other pest lurking there.\u003cbr\u003eIf you plan to treat bed bugs, you need to have proper identification of these insects. Here are\u003cbr\u003esome key points to help you to identify them.\u003cbr\u003e• In their adult stage, they are brown to a reddish tint of brown.\u003cbr\u003e• They are an oval shape but they are also flattened out.\u003cbr\u003e• In size, the adult bed bug is about 3\/16 to 1\/5 of an inch long.\u003cbr\u003e• When they have just had a meal, the bed bug is swollen looking. They will be longer\u003cbr\u003enow and have a dark red color to them.\u003cbr\u003e• On the front of their heads, they have what looks like a beak that allows them to pierce\u003cbr\u003eand suck from their mouths.\u003cbr\u003e• Adult bed bugs do have wings. These wings do not allow them to fly, though. They are\u003cbr\u003esmall in size and are very short looking.\u003cbr\u003e• The eggs of bed bugs are white or colorless. They will darken in their color as they\u003cbr\u003emature. They will eventually have a brownish tint to them when they are mature.\u003cbr\u003e• The nymphs look a lot like that of the adult bed bugs in their appearance, just at a\u003cbr\u003esmaller size.\u003cbr\u003eHow To Win Your War Against Bed Bugs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey Look Like Others\u003cbr\u003eBed bugs are commonly mistaken for other bugs that are in the same family, (Family Cimicidae)\u003cbr\u003eor in a closely related one. They are often confused with Cimex adjunctus, which are bat bugs\u003cbr\u003eor with Cimexopsis spp which are chimney swift bugs. The swallow bug, Oeciacus spp is also\u003cbr\u003econfused with bed bugs quite often.\u003cbr\u003eOften the only way to know if a bug really is a bed bug is to have a professional look at it. A\u003cbr\u003emicroscope is used to determine if the pest has the tell tale characteristics of a bed bug, as we\u003cbr\u003ehave mentioned above. It is often necessary for a skilled entomologist to do this type of\u003cbr\u003einvestigation as most can not tell the difference from these creatures listed to the bed bug.\u003cbr\u003eHow To Win Your War Against Bed Bugs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Brief History Of The Bed Bug\u003cbr\u003eYou may not think of an animal like the bed bug of having a history, but this one does. In fact, it\u003cbr\u003ehas been found that this is one of the strongest species of animals present on the Earth\u003cbr\u003ebecause of what it has accomplished.\u003cbr\u003eWhile most humans would be okay with the bed bug being extinct this is anything but what is\u003cbr\u003elikely to happen over the next years.\u003cbr\u003eA Look Back\u003cbr\u003eTaking a look back, it can be found that the bed bug has been found in ancient writings. It is\u003cbr\u003ecommonly believed that the bed bug has been around for thousands of years, probably as long\u003cbr\u003eas humans have inhabited Earth as well.\u003cbr\u003eThe bed bug was first called a pest in the 17th century. They came to the Americas just as the\u003cbr\u003ecolonists did. They traveled with them on board the shipping vessels that were used by\u003cbr\u003eimmigrants. With each new wave of colonists came a new wave of bed bugs.\u003cbr\u003eThe 1940’s and 1950’s\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1940’s and the 1950’s, the United States was using a product called DDT. This is known\u003cbr\u003eas the first type of pesticide that was used. It was first developed in the early period of World\u003cbr\u003eWar II. Its purpose was to stop the spread of infectious diseases such as malaria and typhus by\u003cbr\u003ekilling off the mosquitoes and other pests that helped to spread the disease.\u003cbr\u003eDDT was used throughout the military but it was also used by everyday people as well. This\u003cbr\u003eallowed it to be used heavily and virtually everywhere in the United States readily. It was even\u003cbr\u003eused as an agricultural insecticide.\u003cbr\u003eSo, what does this have to do with the bed bug? DDT actually almost caused the extinction of\u003cbr\u003ethe bed bug in North America. During the middle of the 20th century, it was hard to find a bed\u003cbr\u003ebug.\u003cbr\u003eHow To Win Your War Against Bed Bugs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAre They Gone, Then?\u003cbr\u003eUnfortunately for most people, the bed bug did not die out during this time period but over the\u003cbr\u003elast several decades has staged a come back that is large enough to cause them to re-infest\u003cbr\u003emany areas quickly. North America has seen a tremendous growth of bed bugs in the last ten\u003cbr\u003eor so years.\u003cbr\u003eBut, there is something different this time around….\u003cbr\u003eDDT is no longer used today as a pesticide. It was banned from use, as were other products\u003cbr\u003ethat are similar to it, as it was found to be dangerous not only for the bed bug and other pests\u003cbr\u003ebut also to the human","brand":"99 \u0026cent; eStore, save to buy more","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083660312816,"sku":"2940014397056","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014397056_p0.jpg?v=1763607574","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014397056","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}