Bed bugs are blood-drinking insects known for inhabiting beds, furniture, and other crevices in homes and businesses. The pests can be introduced into any environment, most often through used bed materials, second-hand furniture, or luggage after traveling. They can also travel between units in hotels and apartment buildings. Bed bugs are usually found harboring in small crevices, such as along mattress piping or tags, inside bed frames or headboards, behind wallpaper, in picture frames or light fixtures, or in floors.

The oval-shaped bugs are relatively flat, so they can easily crawl into a variety of crevices in close proximity to humans. Bed bugs are typically less than a ¼” long and are brown or reddish-brown in appearance. The bugs’ unusual coloring comes from their consumption of blood, and the brown-black or reddish-brown stains they leave behind on objects is from this same digested and excreted blood.

Bed bug bites are also indicators of the pests’ presence, but it’s easy to confuse them with other insect bites. Although not a comprehensive list of identifiers, here are some ways to determine if you have a bed bug bite:

• If you felt the bite when it occurred, it was not a bed bug.

• If bites are random and spread out, it was probably not a bed bug.

• If the bite forms a blister, it could be a bed bug bite.

• If the bites follow a pattern, such as a straight line or a zig zag, they could be bed bug bites. They also tend to be in groupings of three to five.

When an bed bugs pest control services specialist arrives to inspect your property, we will perform a visual inspection of key areas including the bed, nightstands, and living room furniture. Service specialist visual inspections are recommended for single-family homes and hotels or apartments where only 2–3 units need to be inspected. Human inspections are advantageous because a skilled, experienced service specialist can search unconventional areas and higher-up areas, such as ceiling fans and vents.

Apex Environmental Leeds works quickly to identify and eliminate bed bugs in your home or property. Infestations can quickly get out of control, so it is important to have a pest control professional correctly identify bed bugs and treatments designed for your specific needs. It’s equally important to attack a bed bug problem as soon as you suspect you have one. We not only want to help you be proactive about bed bugs but provide you with the education you need to do so successfully. Trained and knowledgeable professionals, environmental responsibility, and legendary customer service are reasons why customers keep choosing us year after year.

With headquarters in Leeds, LS2 8AJ, we have been solving pest problems for commercial and domestic customers for nearly 35 years.

Apex Environmental - Pest Control was founded in 2020 with a focus on offering a customer-focused service. From small beginnings, the business has grown steadily and today we are recognised as one of the Yorkshires leading private pest control companies with hundreds of clients across Leeds, Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield and the rest of the UK.

Our aim is simple – to deliver ‘big company’ professionalism and quality with the ethos of a small, friendly, local business. In 2019 we were named Company of the Year in the British Pest Management Awards beating much larger, well known brands.

We believe excellent pest control begins with first-class customer service delivered by highly trained professionals. All our staff take part in continuous training and development and we are confident that our team is the best in the business.

We use all the latest pest control techniques and technology and keep the use of chemicals to a minimum. Many customers choose us because of our green way of working and our Exclusion, Restriction and Destruction (as a last resort) way of working.

Get in touch with Apex Environmental Leeds by calling 0113 390 4270