There are a lot of options that you can take if you really want to conduct bed bug control. Unfortunately, a lot of people are not familiar with these things, which is why their first option is to contact professional exterminators immediately. Although this is not a bad idea, it would still be better if you can try to conduct simple bug mite control first. This will not only help you save money, but will also save you from the methods that require the use of harmful chemicals.

Before conducting different bed bug control methods, the first thing that you need to do is to make sure that your house is really infested with bed mites. There are a lot of things that you can consider which will help you be sure that your house is really infested. If there are dark fecal spots in your mattresses, then it is more likely that you are infested with bed mites. Another way to find out is to use electronic bed mite trap. This will help you take samples of bed bugs, which should be compared with the reference images that can be found on the Internet.

Painting or applying varnish to your furniture is said to one of the best ways to indirectly kill these pests. Paint and varnish act as bed bug control agents that cuts off their access to food supply. Just make sure that you are following the safety methods of painting when conducting this method in order to be sure that your house will remain safe and will be free from the harmful fumes of paint or varnish.

Another method that you can do is to spray organic pesticide or insecticide inside your house or in an area where there is an infestation. There are dozens of bed bug control sprays that can be purchased, and you need to be very careful with choosing the one that you will be using, in order to be sure that your bed bug control method will be safe for humans.

If the infestation gets out of hand, then the best option that you have is to contact a professional exterminator. One of the most common methods that these professionals are doing is to fumigate the entire house in order to get rid of these pests. This bed bug control method will definitely get rid of the problems for good, and you don’t have to worry about them coming back to your house.

Article originally published at Source by Logan A. Harness