[[Bedbugs]] are annoying insects that can cause great trouble.
These insects are small and flat with a reddish-brown appearance. They can be found in both clean and dirty environments. Usually, they are transferred from one place to another using clothing and touch induction. Bedbugs feed on human blood. They can survive for long periods without any food intake. Before World War II, these pests were entirely controlled using insecticides like DDT. Soon after World War II, the use of insecticides was restricted, leading to the growth in their population.
The growth in their population is favored by a decrease in habitation land, which further caused the integration of habitation. All these turned out to be the contributing factors to the enormous increase in the population of those unwanted insects. Generally, they are found in beds, mattresses, bedding boxes, linens, and curtains. Their presence can be identified by red spots on a person's back and sometimes scattered blood stains on mattresses and linens. Today, their population has increased so much that the so-called home remedies for bed bugs hardly control the immense problems they cause, but at least they can help fight them.
If the bedbugs are close er to the surface of the bed, then spraying with alcohol or sometimes vacuuming can help to fight against such problems. For sheets and removable fabrics, the bedbug invasion can be controlled using a drier dryer until they die. However, in the hot season, one can keep the mattresses and linens in contact with sunlight so that the bugs can be killed due to heat exposure.