How do bedbugs get into an apartment? Causes of bedbug infestation

Habitats

When it is suspected that bed bugs have appeared at home, it is necessary to inspect the entire apartment/house. These insects choose habitats closer to humans. Such preferences of parasites are determined by the peculiarities of their life activity. So, house bugs feed only on blood; they are not interested in other food.

In addition, the movement speed
pest control is so low that they will not be able to escape if necessary. For these reasons, they strive to be as close to humans as possible.

Favorite habitats:

mattress;
sofa upholstery;
bed frame;
baseboards;
the backs of paintings and the backs of other furnishings, including wall clocks,

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If there is little space left near a person’s bed due to an increase in the number of pests, the parasites occupy neighboring areas: the underside of the carpet, the back walls of cabinets, bedside tables, as well as the internal surfaces of this furniture, armchairs, sockets, and sometimes even curtains. When the sofa upholstery is damaged, parasites accumulate in large quantities under it.

The same thing happens with pillows,
blankets and mattress. Pests look for any loopholes, which opens the way for them to the most secluded places in the apartment.

Much less often, bedbugs make nests inside toys and household appliances that have not been used for a long time. However, it is impossible to meet these insects in the bathroom, hallway or kitchen, because people do not spend the night here, and it is very difficult for insects to get through the entire apartment to the bedroom or children's room - this will take a lot of time and effort.

How to find bedbugs

If your home is infested, it will not be difficult to detect parasites. There are a number of signs you should pay attention to:

specific smell;
presence of excrement;
husks or shells of parasites;
empty shells of eggs are formations of a milky hue; on one side you can see a hole through which the larvae appear; upon careful examination, clutches are revealed.

How bedbugs are transmitted by people themselves

In other cases, people themselves bring bedbugs into their homes on their clothes, bags and other things. In this way, infection occurs no less often than when insects move from neighbors.

Bed bugs are not stationary parasites, that is, like mosquitoes, they do not live on human bodies. They bite a person, suck blood and run away to their hiding places. Thus, one person cannot become infected with bedbugs from another person. However, these parasites are often carried on clothing.

Most often, such an infestation occurs when a person goes on vacation or a business trip and spends the night in a hotel where bedbugs live. At night they can bite him and then return to their hiding places. In this case, one or two bedbugs may become entangled in clothing and remain in it. In the morning, getting out of bed, a person can take off these things, put them in a suitcase and go home. As a result, insects will also make the journey. If all items are not washed at high temperatures immediately, the parasites will get out of them and crawl somewhere under the baseboards. Also, during a trip, they can get out of things and get into the cracks in the bag, and then at home they can get out of them and run away. As a result, after a few days, the parasites will smell the carbon dioxide exhaled by people and climb into their bed to bite.

A person will be lucky if he brings home one male or nymph in this way, which will die in a couple of weeks, before any of the residents have time to get scared. However, if a fertilized female or several bugs get into the house, then soon there will be a lot of them in the apartment.

Likewise, a bug can come to your home directly on your outerwear or shoes. You can bring him in even by visiting an infected premises.

It is almost impossible to get bedbugs on your body. Having bitten, they tend to immediately run away, especially if the person starts to move. This is how they end up in the folds of clothes, bags and suitcases.

This is probably the most common way of infecting an apartment or house with parasites, when they are carried by people and do not escape from neighbors. People often travel to different places, so insects are much more likely to get into a new room on their things than, for example, on furniture or household appliances, which are transported or bought used less often.

Because of this, it is dangerous to visit houses where bedbugs live, and it is even more undesirable to spend the night in such places. The scary thing is not that you will be bitten at night, but that some parasites will definitely get into your things and then get into your home, thereby complicating your life at least for the next few months.

In addition, bedbugs are carried with old furniture, refrigerators, computers and other equipment. Very often, it is in such objects that parasites make their nests. There can be countless of them in one sofa or bed. Having brought it into your home, you can then spend a very long time persecuting these parasites.

Our subscribers often complain that they got bedbugs after purchasing old furniture. Some people, having learned that it is infected, rush to throw it away as soon as possible, but this does not solve the problem. Insects quickly spread throughout the room, penetrating under baseboards, into the cracks between wallpaper and other secluded places. As a result, in order to remove them, people have to disinfest the entire apartment.

One day we were approached by a master restorer who specializes in restoring antique furniture. Once, an old sofa was brought to his workshop, which is located in a private house next to the living quarters. A few weeks after this, residents began complaining of bedbug bites. They tried to get rid of the parasites for a year. Difficulties arose due to the fact that insects crawled throughout the house, climbed into other furniture and under the boards in the floor. They were destroyed only after several professional treatments and the use of expensive means.

In general, if you see a good sofa left by someone else on the street, do not rush to take it home. There is a high probability that they got rid of it precisely because of bedbugs. For example, in America, when contaminated furniture is thrown away, a special mark is made on it. In our country, of course, no one does this, so parasites taken out of the house along with the furniture quite often find new owners and cozy housing.

There are many similar stories. For example, a computer repairman brought home someone else's laptop. A few days later he took it apart and found a nest of bedbugs inside. He shook them into the toilet and flushed them. The laptop was then quickly assembled and returned to the owner. A week later, he had to remember this incident, when, after sleep, marks from bedbug bites began to appear on his body.

In exactly the same way, bedbugs get into the house along with mattresses, carpets, baby strollers, toys, indoor plants and other things purchased on the secondary market.

Nowadays, people can travel thousands of kilometers in a day. Bedbugs can also mix with them. You can bring them on clothes to your home from an apartment on the street next door or, for example, bring them to Moscow from a hotel in Bali.

Bedbug nest on the inside of the sofa

In addition, you can pick up bedbugs on public transport. Drivers of regular buses and trucks often contact us. Parasites infest interiors and create their nests in or near the seats. At night, they emerge from their hiding places and bite passengers traveling long distances. Some suck blood and successfully return to their shelter, and some crawl into the pockets, bags and suitcases of travelers. Thus, they end up at someone's home and quickly begin to explore new territories.

We are also often contacted by hotel and hostel owners. They complain that they have already carried out pest control many times, but over time, bedbugs appear again. No matter how sad it may be, in such establishments it is almost impossible to get rid of parasites forever. The fact is that a variety of people constantly come to hotels and periodically someone brings bedbugs there with their belongings. Because of this, even the most thorough treatment gives only temporary results. As a result of its implementation, the insects die, and after some time they appear because they were brought in again by someone, and not because the disinfestation was ineffective.

Distribution routes

Before choosing a way to get rid of bedbugs in clothes, you need to determine the reason for the appearance of such parasites at home:

from neighbors: pests purposefully flee to other territories, because they become crowded due to the large number of bedbugs on the infested property; in addition, insects leave their homes during disinfestation; in this case, most of the nests are discovered, and the remaining bedbugs are exposed exposure to a toxic substance;
on animal fur, this factor can become key if there are pets at home;
Parasites also travel inside furniture (used or new), and in household appliances, but this happens accidentally;
along with the belongings of a person who lives in an infected facility: inside bags, wallets, wardrobe items.

Take care of your protection in advance

A prudent person thinks ahead and worries about how not to bring bedbugs home even before the trip. And here's the first piece of advice: don't take the problem lightly. If anyone thinks there is nothing to worry about, then they probably just haven't encountered bed bugs yet. The sharp increase in the number and spread of bed bugs is by no means an exaggeration, but a disappointing reality.

Look online for reviews of the hotel you are planning to stay at. Although you can't completely rely on reviews, if more than one person writes that there were bedbugs in the hotel, this is an alarm bell.

You can also call the hotel in advance, tell the manager of your concerns about bed bugs, and ask what protective measures the hotel is taking. Most likely, they will assure you that there are no problems with bedbugs in the hotel, but you can’t count on honesty in such a matter.

Appearance of bloodsuckers

Bed bugs are different from other household parasites (mosquitoes, fleas, lice). The body shape is round. These insects are brown in color and flat, which allows them to penetrate into any crevices, even the smallest ones. However, after eating, the pests increase in volume.

Their body swells, which makes it easier to kill pests. In comparison, when hungry, they are difficult to kill. Under the influence of mechanical loads, insects are not destroyed, because their body is dry and hard. It will take a lot of effort to crush the pests with a heavy object.

Parasite size
small - up to 8 mm, more often the body length does not exceed 6 mm.

The larvae are light in color. They are much smaller (1.5 mm at the initial stage of growth, increasing by 0.5-1 mm every week). Other external signs are the same as in adults.

However, the larvae bite painfully, because some body functions do not yet work for them. A sexually mature individual bug most often has a flattened body about 6 mm long.

What kind of clothes do parasites like?

The type of fabric plays an important role. If you are wondering whether bedbugs live in clothes, the answer will be yes, but only if we are talking about lint-free material. For example, parasites do not like terry. The lint prevents them from moving. Bedbugs do not distinguish other types of fabrics, because they are similar in appearance: quite dense, pile, if there is any, it is small, and does not interfere with movement.

When studying the question of whether bed bugs can live in clothing, it is necessary to take into account the factor of contact of the material with the human body. Considering that parasites react to the smell of blood, as well as carbon dioxide released by the body, the most suitable types of clothing for them are pajamas and underwear, for example, T-shirts, shirts. Suitable for living and any home clothes.

Besides,
parasites choose things with a lot of folds, pockets, and many seams.

If you suspect the appearance of bedbugs on your clothes, check the seams first

Can bedbugs live in clothes closets?

If the owner of a house or apartment does not fight pests and destroy them, then reproduction occurs very quickly and bedbugs look for new places to live. Thus, it is not uncommon to find them on clothing.

Bed bugs live not only in bedding; in search of food, they move to underwear. Most often, such a shelter is pajamas, a dressing gown and other everyday clothes. Insects are attracted to underwear that contains the characteristic smell of a person.

To prevent bedbugs from settling in your clothes, you need to wash them more often and iron all the seams. If there are a lot of insects, then they can lay larvae not only in clothes, but also in any secluded place.

Since insects begin to bite at night, the favorite place is the bedroom and the majority of pests occur there. If there is a wardrobe next to the bed, then it is a convenient place where parasites like to make nests.

To find out whether bedbugs live in clothes in the closet, you need to check all the cracks and corners, look at the seams and folds of the linen. Although a bed bug bite is very unpleasant, the answer to the question: can bed bugs bite through clothing? Definitely no.

Once on clothing (bedbugs move quite quickly indoors), they sooner or later end up in the closet. Again, this is possible if a person is not aware of the encroachment on his peace from the outside. But more on that later.

Bed bugs can live in clothes, and they are quite comfortable there. Various folds, ruffles, and coattails encourage maneuvers that are barely discernible. The situation is doubly sad when a person does not realize who he is dealing with.

To know the enemy by sight, we strongly recommend reading other useful articles on our website:

The main reasons why bedbugs appear in an apartment.
What do the larvae and eggs of domestic parasites look like?
How do domestic bed bugs bite?

The bug happily settles into long dresses, pants, pajamas, in general, into clothes that require a decent amount of fabric. Oblong cloth is a paradise for wandering and growing larvae! In addition, finding a dark corner for laying eggs in such a fabric environment is quite easy. Can bedbugs live in human clothes? Naturally, they “guys” are not too demanding!

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If enemies overtake a well-groomed, pedantic and clean-loving person, then they will most likely end up in the closet. You understand that bedbugs are moving to a new level of power there. The huge space allows them to successfully give birth to new offspring. The latter will try to make a person’s life unbearable.

Having acquired a reliable shelter, the parasites will sooner or later begin to storm the bastion bed. Along with this, their gradual development of the territory of the premises will begin, as well as the search for new opportunities for procreation. Believe me, the number of bedbugs will grow exponentially.

As a rule, many other things besides clothes are stored in it. These can be shoe boxes, handbags, technical devices, and anything else the owner can think of. Therefore, there is somewhere to go.

Due to the lack of temperature changes inside the furniture, bedbugs prefer this type to many other places. Standard conditions for productive life: 17°C – 35°C. Plus, human vigilance and attentiveness when inspecting the contents is not particularly great. Therefore, insects have little fear about early identification of themselves.

Unfortunately, without complete information about the status quo, you can seriously lose ground in this confrontation. You will spend a long time trying to track down enemies under the bed or behind the radiator in order to quickly get rid of them. But…

Therefore, we advise you, since you have already come to this page, not to be too lazy to check the cabinets, chests of drawers, shelves and generally go through everything. Even if there are no specific odors or blood stains on the sheets, it is still useful to do this. The moral satisfaction from realizing the aesthetics of the surroundings has never been canceled!

Dressed in a suit, you can, against your own will, spread bedbugs to your friends or relatives. Finding itself in different conditions, the insect is able to either remain in its place or go off to explore the unknown.

Is it possible to bring bedbugs home from guests on clothes?

If friends/relatives have parasites at home, there is a high probability that guests can transfer the insects on themselves or their belongings to uninfested areas. The opposite situation is also possible, when parasites are discovered after going to a friend’s house. Most often this happens by accident.

For example,
If there are a lot of insects in the apartment or there have been no people at home for a long time, and guests immediately came after the trip, pests appear during the day in search of food, crawling into different secluded places closer to the victim.

Bedbugs have established a colony in a suitcase

Things

Bed bugs travel very well on clothing. If you leave your clothes in a room infested with bedbugs, they may crawl into them or simply lay eggs in them. When you come home, you will bring with you a potential colony of insects. If you know that your friends or relatives have bedbugs, it is better to hold off on visiting.

It happens that things cannot be washed in hot water. In this case, they can be frozen. To do this, you need to put the item in a sealed bag and put it in the freezer or freezer. If it’s winter, they can be easily replaced with a regular balcony. Freezing time depends on temperature. Temperatures below -15 degrees are guaranteed to kill all bedbugs and their eggs within 2-3 days. But if the temperature is higher, then the item needs to be frozen for a long time, up to a month.

Signs of the presence of bedbugs in clothes

The likelihood of bedbugs being present in clothing increases if the closet is located in the bedroom - in a dark, warm place with moderate humidity. They prefer stale items or dirty items with a human smell - pajamas, bathrobes, underwear. Bed bugs can lay eggs in any items except fur. The long, smooth fibers are not convenient for movement; the legs of insects cannot cling to them.

Blood-sucking parasites initially hide in the folds and seams of clothing, but then spread throughout the house in search of a more secluded place. This is one of the ways they appear in a living space. To protect yourself from such unpleasant events, you should carefully inspect each item of clothing after each trip while disassembling your suitcase. Bedbugs die at temperatures above 50 degrees. Therefore, the best option is to wash all the things you took with you on vacation in hot water.

How can you tell if blood-sucking parasites have settled in your closet? Signs of the presence of bedbugs in clothes:

there is a sharp unpleasant smell in the closet, reminiscent of cognac or fermented berries;
translucent remains of chitinous cover after molting insects;
dark and brown spots are the remains of excrement and crushed individuals;
itching, swelling, bite marks and pain in areas of the skin that have been attacked by parasites.

If you suspect bedbugs in your home, you must first inspect clothes with a large number of pockets, seams and folds, made of lint-free fabric. They do not like terry material with long loops, as it is difficult to move around.

How to get rid

A bedbug is an insect that is very difficult to get rid of. You can get an idea of its appearance from the photo. It will take a lot of effort to get them out. These insects have a very developed immunity to chemicals. If the initial treatment failed to kill them, then a repeated procedure with the same chemical will be easily tolerated.

But no other method other than chemical treatment has yet been invented. You just have to choose the right one and carefully study the disinfectant product. Before you begin to treat the premises, you must carefully study the instructions for this drug and take all precautions.

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The work must be carried out strictly according to the instructions written on the packaging of the chemical product. When processing the premises, wear rubber gloves and a respirator. Clothing must completely cover unprotected parts of the body.

During spraying, no strangers or pets should be in the house. Move the furniture away from the walls, if possible, it is better to disassemble it.

Bed linen is washed in hot water with powder, then all seams and folds are carefully ironed. Sterile linen is sealed in bags.

Fur items should be dry cleaned. Spray carpets, mattresses and pillows well from all sides. Burn unnecessary books, magazines and other small items as they are no longer needed; bedbugs can also live in them.

The walls between the floor and the baseboards are thoroughly sprayed with solution; insects usually live in such a place. The same is done with ceiling plinths. Carefully treat the wallpaper in places where it has come off.

Remove the top covers from the sockets and also treat and disinfect household and electrical appliances. After processing, remove protective suits and dispose of them. You should not enter the poisoned room for 4 days.

Then ventilate the room, open windows and doors. Wash floors and furniture with detergent.

If the room is being treated in winter, then some things can be taken outside and left for several hours. This method is great for beds and carpets.

The bedbug cannot tolerate temperatures below 15 - 20 degrees. Before moving things into the house, you need to shake everything up.

If you strictly follow all the rules and instructions, then re-processing will not be required.

Do bedbugs bite through clothes?

Bedbugs are nocturnal. As soon as the inhabitants of the house go to bed, they go out in search of the victim. The smell of blood and carbon dioxide is attractive to them. Do bedbugs bite through clothes? Parasites do not have such powerful jaws that would allow them to cope with tissue. To attack, they choose areas of skin not covered by underwear. Sometimes, in search of prey, adults and larvae crawl under the blanket. Children with delicate skin are most at risk of attack, as well as areas of the body in adults where blood vessels are located as close to the surface as possible.

Features of parasitism

The parasite's mouthparts are not designed to pierce clothing. Therefore, if a person rests in pajamas at night, the likelihood that he will be bitten by bloodsuckers is minimal.

More often, those parts of the body that are not covered with a blanket at night are attacked. However, a blanket will not stop a very hungry bug - it will crawl under it and still drink blood.

For punctures, they choose those places on the body where blood vessels are located under the skin. More often, bite marks are found on the following areas of the body:

neck;
hands;
legs;
back;
shoulders.

When a person puts on night pajamas, it is as if he is gradually inviting bedbugs to come to him. But as long as a person is awake, they will not bite. This will happen when he falls asleep.

How to detect bedbugs

If there are a small number of bloodsuckers in a suspicious room, the likelihood of finding bedbugs in the wardrobe is quite small.

But if the room is heavily infested, and the closet is located in close proximity to the sleeping area, then bloodsuckers will certainly take a liking to this piece of furniture. Often, even for laying eggs, the female chooses a closet with clothes - it is comfortable, warm and dark.

When looking for bed bugs, you should definitely check the contents of your wardrobe.

It is believed that outfits made of synthetic fabrics attract parasites the most, since such an alluring and attractive human smell for parasites does not disappear for a long time.

When checking clothes for the presence of bed parasites, you need to check every seam and fold, although this will take quite a long time.

You should not neglect these recommendations: by detecting a clutch of eggs or even a cluster of bloodsuckers, you can significantly reduce the number of parasites, even without resorting to chemical treatment.

How to deal with detected parasites?

It doesn’t matter so much what happened before if the bugs are already rampant. In case of their unbridledness, it is necessary to undertake the tedious process of completely destroying the parasites.

Of course, the process is not tempting, but sometimes you have to sacrifice manicure and the thickness of your wallet. In order to reduce costs, do not try to immediately involve a sanitary team in this matter. Other people's work is not always of high quality, and they will take as much money for the work as the chickens will not peck.

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Do clothes need to be processed?

At the first signs of bedbugs appearing in an apartment, every person has a desire to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Have you brought insects back from vacation and noticed their presence immediately upon arriving home? What to do in this case? Do I need to treat my clothes or is it better to get rid of them right away? You can apply a chemical to the item of clothing or use high temperature. This will destroy all individuals on the tissue and prevent their further spread.

The small size of clothing allows you to use different methods of baiting bedbugs. At home, it is easy to organize the death of parasites by exposure to high temperature:

Hot steam treatment. You can use a steam generator or an iron.
Wash at high temperature.
Boiling.

An alternative option is exposure to cold. Residents of private houses can leave their clothes in the yard for several days. The death of bedbugs at a temperature of -15-20 degrees occurs within 24-48 hours. Apartment owners can place clothes for long-term storage in the freezer.

Another effective and proven method is the use of chemicals. It is convenient to treat clothes with an insecticide in the form of an aerosol, but you can also purchase a concentrated solution. After applying the toxic composition, the product is placed in a plastic bag and hermetically sealed so that the bedbugs do not scatter in search of a safe place. After a few hours, the treated clothing is carefully removed from the bag and washed thoroughly. This allows you to eliminate unpleasant odors and get rid of traces of chemicals. It is recommended to dry clothes in the fresh air.

Opponents of insecticides prefer to use folk methods and household products. These are aromatic fresh and dried plants, tinctures and decoctions, vinegar, turpentine and alcohol. A pungent odor can repel blood-sucking parasites, but not destroy them. For this reason, traditional methods are better suited as preventive measures. In the closet with clothes and throughout the house you can place bunches of mint, lavender, tansy, wormwood, and use decoctions of these herbs to wipe the walls, floors and interior items. Plants can be purchased at the pharmacy or collected in the summer. An alternative option is to use essential oils.

Ways to combat bedbugs

If you decide to get rid of unwanted insects in the house yourself, it is recommended to use a combined method:

treat the room with a chemical;
wash clothes, linen and bedding at high temperatures;
organize a protective barrier that will prevent the reappearance of blood-sucking parasites in the house.

Effective ways to combat bedbugs is to seek help from professional pest control services. To kill parasites, it is customary to use the hot and cold fog method. It involves spraying a chemical using a generator. The device supplies insecticide in the form of tiny particles. They hover in the air and gradually settle on all surfaces of the room - walls, floors, ceilings, interior items. The small diameter ensures the penetration of the toxic substance into all cracks, holes and hard-to-reach places in the apartment.

The hot and cold fog methods differ in the temperature of the chemical preparation. Preference is given to a heated insecticide if it does not damage interior items, wallpaper, or flooring. But in most residential areas, treatment is carried out using the cold fog method.

The professional pest control service “Dez Group” uses certified chemicals with a prolonged effect to kill bedbugs. The poisonous substance continues to have a detrimental effect on parasites for several days. This ensures the death of all individuals and larvae, including those that emerged from the egg after treatment at home.

Processing methods

Clothes bugs are highly resistant to external negative factors. Washing clothes with warm water, for example, is not harmful to parasites. But they cannot tolerate high or low temperatures. If parasites are found in your home, you must immediately take appropriate measures.

Below are the most common ways to rid things of blood suckers.

Features of clothing processing

Before treating clothes for bedbugs, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the basic rules that will help get rid of parasites and prevent their reappearance. It is mandatory to process things after returning from a business trip or other trip.

Before removing an item, it is important to subject it to any of the options presented below.

Use of chemicals

Bedbugs on clothing have a high level of viability. The use of toxic insecticides will not get rid of parasite eggs; only adult individuals are destroyed.

To prevent the reappearance of nymphs from surviving clutches, it is advisable to additionally expose things to steam, cold, or boil.

You can process things using the following means:

Traditional methods

There are folk ways to prevent and expel insects from their homes.

Important! Keep in mind that almost 90% of the “blood-sucking population” lives within a couple of meters of the bedding area.

Bloodsuckers have a keen sense of smell, so you can use fragrant herbs: calamus, chamomile, peppermint, tansy, wormwood and wild rosemary.
Insects die at temperatures below 20 and above 60 °C.
Sometimes it helps to spray with a solution: dilute turpentine, kerosene, liquid soap and warm water in a ratio of 10, 15 and 100 parts, respectively. Be careful, use protective equipment!

Attention! Tansy, wild rosemary and wormwood are poisonous and dangerous for children and animals.

It’s easier, safer and cheaper to turn to the sanitary and epidemiological station for help in exterminating insects: the result will be guaranteed.

Features of the use of chemical insecticides

The industry produces a variety of products against blood-sucking insects. Fabrics can be treated with aerosols Karbozol, Perfos-P, Raptor, Raid, Clean House, Combat.

When using them you need to follow some rules:

Carry out processing away from food, it is better to do it on the street or balcony .
to wear a mask to protect the respiratory tract before spraying clothing .
After the effect of the drug wears off (see instructions), wash the treated item if possible .

The bug is a creature that multiplies quickly and is surprisingly tenacious, so treatment to destroy it must be carried out as carefully as possible and at the first detection. Today we answered the following questions: do bedbugs live in clothes and how to get them out of there?

Healthy! If you nevertheless brought parasites and infected the whole house, then the following remedies will help you: Executioner, Karbofos, Get, Tetrix. In case of severe infestations, it is recommended to consult a specialist.

How did bedbugs end up in your house?

When bedbugs appear in an apartment, it is very important to understand whether they were introduced accidentally or came from neighbors. When understanding this, you need to take into account several nuances.

Firstly, bedbugs are almost never carried by pets. In an apartment where people live, bedbugs bite them first, without touching their pets. It is difficult for parasites to get through the fur to their skin. In addition, cats and dogs have rougher skin than humans, making it difficult for insects to bite through. However, they can still bite animals, but only in severe hunger, when there are no people nearby. This happens extremely rarely, because pets do not live in empty apartments. In cases where bedbugs do attack a cat or dog, they leave the body very quickly after the bite. When the animal begins to move, the bug tries to quickly run away and hide in its shelter. Therefore, the likelihood that an animal will bring bedbugs into the house is almost zero. With people the situation is different. Having bitten a person, the bug also strives to leave his body and return to its place, but along the way it can become entangled in clothing and remain in it. Animals do not have clothing, so they cannot transfer parasites this way. It should be taken into account that bedbugs can live in beds, carriers, scratching posts and other objects. When moving them from one room to another, you can also move the pasazites.

Bedbug eggs and larvae on the back of the carpet

Secondly, bedbugs almost never leave living spaces, even in the warm season. This is unnatural for them. In the wild, they live in animal burrows and caves, but not in the open air. This means that only people carry them from one building to another. Consequently, they can only get into a private house in this way. In rare cases, they can enter the house from the chicken coop if they are very close. In chicken coops, bedbugs reproduce very quickly, parasitizing birds, so their appearance in a nearby house is not uncommon. In general, bedbugs can cover a distance of 10-20 meters, but they will not travel 30-40 meters or more.