What are Bed Bugs?

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Under everyone’s mattress hides parasites. Bed bugs are one of the most common insects in North America. However it is only in the recent years that bed bugs were categorized as pests. Bed bugs now thrive in hotels, restaurants, shelters, homes, apartments and motels.  So, what are bed bugs? These are tiny, brown, flattened insects that feed on an animal’s blood. There are certain types of bed bugs that have a preference for humans. The common one, classified as Cimex lectularius, found in our homes, is the insect adapted to living with humans. Bed bugs can be mistaken for ticks in their adult stage. They do not fly like cockroaches but they are agile and can move really fast over walls, floors, and other types of surfaces. What makes them a pest is that bed bugs are very resilient. They can live without food (blood) from their host for up to a year. This means these parasites can lie dormant, just waiting for an unsuspecting victim to arrive. The bed bug’s nocturnal behavior makes it hard for people to identify if they have one on their furniture. Eliminating them is also a problem. If people cannot see where the bed bugs are, it can be hard to determine if they were all killed when pesticide is applied. Bed bugs are great hiders and usually come out to feed on a blood meal in the middle of the night. It is not confirmed if bed bugs are aware that their hosts are asleep when they feed, but their habits suggest that they can more or less sense if the host is in a relaxed state.

Symptoms & Signs of a Bed Bug Infestation

Symptoms of being bitten by bed bugs are different from one person to another. There are people who have no reaction to bites from these bed bugs. Some experience an itchy, swelling bump on the skin where the bed bugs had their fill. Others have leave inflamed welt marks on their victims.  Bed bugs feed on their hosts by piercing the human skin with long beak, which they use to suck the blood. Much like fleas and mosquitoes, their bodies become engorged in three to ten minutes without the victim noticing. Perhaps it is their patience in getting the blood meal that makes it hard for human to realize what is happening to them. There has been no documented case of a disease passed on by bed bugs so it is dismissed by science. The extent of their damage to their hosts is limited to itchiness and swelling from their bites. The real problem with bed bugs is infestation. They can produce three generations in a year. Female bed bugs place their eggs in very secluded areas, like in the folds of mattresses, and deposits eggs of up to five a day. Because of this their numbers continue to grow without the human’s knowledge. Soon they spread around the house and an infestation occurs. These infestations can cause anxiety and loss of sleep. How do you know if your bed is infested with bed bugs? Answer three simple questions to find out:

1. Do you wake up to find an itchy and swelling welt on your neck, face, arms, shoulders, etc when you had none before sleeping?
2. Does your mattress have dark stains and spotting?
3. Do you wake up to see small reddish brown spots on the sheets, pillowcases or walls?

If you answered, “yes” to two out of three questions above, then it is likely that you are lying in a mattress full of bed bugs.
One way to get rid of them is to throw away your mattress and spray your home to kill any live bedbugs that do not live on your mattress and any others as they hatch. Using pesticides on the bed and around your house can be dangerous for the owner. That is why we recommend that you use Bed Bug Terminator & Kleen-Free.
Eliminating an entire home of bed bugs can be tedious. It requires patience and determination. That is why we have Kleen-Free in a concentrated formula and Bed Bug Terminator which is proven to kill in case studies.

How to Use Kleen Free & Bed Bug Terminator

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KLEEN FREE can be used to control many forms of insects that may be causing you problems with infestation. The main advantage of this product over the other toxic pesticides that are sold is that you can safely repeat applications without harm to yourself, kids, pets, or the environment since they are all natural and eco-friendly. They work on contact, you just have to be sure to get to all the bugs because they hide well. Kleen Free is not an insecticide or pesticide.  Kleen Free works to control these pests by attacking the exoskeleton of any bug that it is sprayed on which causes it to shed its skin prematurely.

When you receive “KLEEN FREE” in a Pre-Mixed form or you mix your non-toxic solution from a Concentrate form (mixing directions are below) you may apply it using the following methods:

• First you must try to identify the bugs that you are having problems with by the symptoms that you may have developed in the form of bites and sores as well as the activity of the bugs that are causing you the problems.

• Remember your larger bugs will of course cause larger bites and sores on your skin and scalp, unless you become allergic to the bite which will be much more serious and lead to infection. The larger bites will probably come from Bed Bugs and some forms of mites (there are many kinds of mites)

• Our products “JUST CONTROL THE BUGS” so if you have sores you must treat them with some form of medicated ointment, ask your doctor about that. Our products kill the bugs so you don’t get any more bites and sores.

• LICE: Bites on your head or groin area are most likely from LICE. Our Nit Free Lice Shampoo or Kleen Free are for these pests. To apply these non-toxic Lice solutions you just lather the solution on your hair then let it soak for at least 15 minutes. This will immobilize the LICE; After each application you need to remove all the NITS (LICE EGGS) so they don’t hatch and release more lice to start the whole thing over again. NEON NITS will help you see the NITS so you can comb them all out with our NIT FREE TERMINATOR COMB. This should be repeated once or twice a day for 3 days until all the LICE and NITS are gone.

• SCABIES AND MITES: Use 4 to 8 ounces of KLEEN FREE in your bath . Soak for 15 minutes, get your hair in it also. Try to bathe in the late afternoon to early evening. Try to air dry instead of toweling off and let the Kleen Free dry on your skin.
  Plan on using KleenFree in your bath everyday for the first week then every other day the following week .
  Also use 4 ounces of Kleen Free in your washing machine. You can use a small amount of other detergent at the same time. Always use the HOTTEST WATER you can in all these washings and rinsing.
  Apply Kleen Free directly to the spots that are itching throughout the day.

• BED BUGS: Spray the Pre-Mix KLEEN FREE or BEDBUG TERMINATOR in every room in your home that you detect BED BUG ACTIVITY. Mattresses, box springs, under and over… bed frame, head board, foot board, carpeting, sofas, chairs, closets, floor boards (the entire perimeter of the rooms). Inspect your furniture, baseboards, curtains, pictures, especially furniture you may have just gotten from somewhere else (this is one of the more common ways that the Bed Bugs arrive on the scene). Spray the solution everywhere you think the bugs can be hiding and repeat every day for a week then every other day for another week. The trick is to spray them as the eggs hatch.

• MIXING from KLEEN FREE CONCENTRATE: In all situations and applications it is best to mix the KLEEN FREE CONCENTRATE with 6 parts water to 1 part KLEEN FREE CONCENTRATE. After a week or so of application you can dilute it more (8 to 1). In all applications these products are 100% safe and non-toxic ( but it will irritate your eyes so try not to get it in your eyes.)
  

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