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How to get rid of bed bugs, as cases are ‘worse than ever’

How to get rid of bed bugs, as cases are 'worse than ever'

Tuesday 26 March 2024 11:23 am Bed bug cases are rising – here’s what to do if you’ve got a holiday booked (Photo: Getty) The viral videos of bed bugs on buses, and supposedly in airports and on Tube carriages, gave most of us a shock at the end of last year – but it might get worse before it gets better. New research by bed bug spotting tech company Spotta has found that bed bugs cases have risen 278% and cases could be “worse than ever.” Spotta […]

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here’s how to avoid an infestation, and how to get rid of them

here's how to avoid an infestation, and how to get rid of them

The recent hot weather has created the perfect breeding ground for bedbugs. Pest control firm Rentokil reported a 65 per cent rise in the number of call-outs for bedbugs in recent years, a trend which the company has attributed to the rise in recycling of old furniture and clothing and post-pandemic travel. Since the 1990s, numbers of bedbugs have grown in the UK and some studies indicate that bed bugs have developed resistance to neonicotinoids, the most used insecticide in the world. Writer Hannah Fearn has spent […]

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