Bed Bugs

The bed bug, otherwise known as 'red coats or 'chinches' are wingless insects which are flattened from top to bottom. They can be found throughout the world, normally inhabiting cracks and crevices in the bed and floor, only emerging at night to feed. Their primary source of food is human blood which they obtain by piercing the skin with a long beak and sucking the blood out. The female bed bug will lay up to 200 eggs which will begin feeding as soon as they hatch. Because bed bugs can live in bird nests, houses with bird nests in the eaves or on the roof will often be prone to infestation.