Ticks are small insects looking like spiders with eight legs commonly found in grassy, wooded, and humid environments. They are shown in the warm season especially in summer and spring because they are active in search of hosts. Their appearance includes flat oval shaped bodies which can expand significantly after feeding. Here we discussed Tick VS Bed Bug if you are suffering from these insects then you must need hire Tick Pest Control and Bed Bug Pest Control.
The body colour of these ticks are light brown to dark brown or brownish red according to the different species. While Bedbugs are small insects with flat bodies that feed on the blood of humans and animals. The adult bedbugs are reddish brown in color and have a flat body and wingless and the average length when becoming an adult bed bugs is 4 to 7 millimeters.
Life Cycle of Tick VS Bed Bug
The Life cycle of the Tick and Bed Bug is different from each other. Here, the life cycle of the tick & bed bugs is shown below:
Life Cycle of Tick
Ticks develop through a four-stage life cycle that are firstly egg, then second stage is larval, third stage is nymph, and the last is adult. Female ticks lay thousands of eggs on the ground. These hatch into six-legged larvae, commonly referred to as seed ticks that look for a host to provide their first blood meal.
After feeding they moult into eight-legged nymphs. Nymphs feed on a host and molt to adults. Adult ticks also need to feed on blood in order to reproduce. Once mated and fed, females lay eggs and die and then continue the cycle. Ticks rely on hosts such as mammals, birds, or reptiles, and their development can take months to years, depending on environmental conditions.
Life Cycle of Bed Bugs
Bed bugs have 3 life stages including an egg, nymph and adult. Female bed bugs deposit their eggs in hidden locations for 1-5 a day and potentially 200-500 in a lifetime. The eggs are tiny (1 mm in length) and are whitish and hard to see without magnification, especially on light-colored surfaces. Eggs are glued to surfaces.
They are laid in cracks and crevices and for the common bed bug those places are typically in the vicinity of where the host sleeps. Eggs hatch in about 4-12 days into first instar nymphs which must take a blood meal before molting to the next stage. After hatching, the nymphs or newly hatched bed bugs go in search of a meal of blood. Nymphs undergo five developmental stages, molting after each.
What are the Diseases from Tick Bites & Bed Bug Bites?
A list of Diseases from Tick bites and Bed Bug Bites is given below:
Diseases from Tick Bites
Ticks are tiny, blood-sucking spider relatives that can pass a range of debilitating and sometimes fatal diseases to humans in their bites. Most prevalent are diseases like
- Lyme disease which is transmitted by a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi and can result in symptoms such as fever, fatigue and a telltale bulls-eye rash.
- Another common disease is Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) which is transmitted by Rickettsia and can lead to fever, rash and potentially organ failure if untreated.
Both of these bacterial infections can lead to flu-like symptoms including a fever and muscle aches.
Diseases from Bedbug Bites
Bed Bug Bites Produce most of the health effects disease that are:
- Skin rashes
- Allergic symptoms
- Psychological effects
- Itchy welts
- Swelling
- Skin irritation
Note: If you are suffering from bites, don’t scratch that part because it may cause secondary bacterial infections such as impetigo, cellulitis.
In most cases, excessive scratching may cause lack of sleep, insomnia and stress. Bedbugs have also been suspected to act as vectors for pathogens such as Trypanosoma cruzi (the causal agent of Chagas disease) but such vectors of these pathogens to humans have not been shown.
How to Get Rid of Ticks and Bed Bugs?
You can prevent from these insects by following these guidelines:
Get Rid of Ticks
Prevent bloodsucking insects like ticks by dressing in long sleeves, long trousers, and using insect repellent with DEET when you go to tick-infested areas. You should also do tick checks on yourself, your clothing and pets after coming back from outdoors. If you do come across a tick firstly remove it immediately with fine-tipped tweezers, pulling straight on without squeezing or twisting the tick.
Wash the bite with an antiseptic. Keep your yard tick-free by mowing regularly, clearing out leaf litter and applying tick-control treatments. If infestations occur, hire a professional pest control service. Preventive measures including tick collars for your pets and discouraging wildlife from your yard also cut down on tick encounters and the risks of transmitting diseases.
Get rid of Bed Bugs
Exterminating bed bugs takes a complete strategy that is a sustained effort. If not, try laundering all bedding, linens, and clothes in hot water, then drying them in the hottest setting possible. Regularly vacuum your mattress, your bed frame and the environment around you then close and discard the vacuum bag. Scrub mattress seams with a stiff brush to remove eggs.
Cover your mattress and box spring in a tightly woven zippered cover. Clean out to dispel the places of concealment. Professional pest control is always required to rid the premises of heavy infestations.
Conclusion
In this blog, we discussed the difference between Ticks and Bugs, so you can read the Life Cycle Of Ticks and Bugs, Diseases Spread by these insects and how to get rid of them. Call or book a pest control service from us, so you can be far away from ticks and bugs. Experts will spray and sanitize your place by removing these insects.