Exterminators in Germany are being called more and more often because of bed bugs. The problem has grown in recent years, said the president of the German Pest Control Association, Kai Scheffler, the dpa. At the end of World War II, the insects that feed on the blood of men, almost extinct. According to him, they are spreading again in 15 to 20 years. Comets recognize the infestation and what you can do against creepy crawliesyou can find out here.
“Just the travel business doesn’t necessarily mean there are insanely more pests there.” Rather, the deciding factor is which countries you travel to, Scheffler said. After the travel bans due to the corona pandemic were lifted, there were more flights to the USA again. “Over 90 percent of hotels there is already one bed bug infestation reported. We are a long way from that in Germany.” They are affected just as often former Soviet states.
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“When exterminators first got involved in the early ’90s, they had to relearn how to deal with it,” he said. Numbers on the prevalence of the problem were not available. “If the customer gets bitten once every three days, then I know: Not much is going on here.” So he looks for the bug instead of using chemical control agents.
According to the association, on the rise specially trained sniffer dogs deployed. This makes tracing bed bugs faster. After a bite they are usually light on the skin swollen spots see. Hotels are now working more closely with exterminators, Scheffler said. private homes they are, however, even more reserved – sometimes even dull shame in front of the neighbors. “They say, ‘Can you maybe park down the street?’ The situation is different for some requests in the summer: “They don’t care about wasp nests.”
