Bed bugs

Pest ID
Size: 4-5mm long
Colour: reddish brown
Description: oval shape and flat body

Small and flattened in shape, bed bugs are able to hide in small crevices like bed frames, baseboards and carpet, making them very hard to detect. They breed in large groups and usually stay close to a food source. Signs of bed bugs are usually small blackish spots, their fecal matter, or dead bugs.

If you find signs of bed bugs do not move any items from the room. “Quarantine” the room and contact a PreventX professional immediately. Bed bugs can spread and infect other rooms easily. It’s important to act quickly, as a bed big can lay over 500 eggs in a span of short lifetime, quickly escalating to a full infestation.