The
Differences Between Bed
Bugs And Dust Mites
Bed bugs
and dust mites, at first
fleeting look, you could really say that they are the same. Physically when you give
them a glance, you
could cry out that you are just looking on one similar insect. But you would just think
so if you just look
at them with your naked eye for a second or two.
On the other hand, if
you closely look at them for few minutes
and try to exert effort to study the difference between bed bugs and
dust mites,
you could attest to the fact that they are indeed two dissimilar pests.
The
difference between
bed bugs and dust mites are the number of legs they have –
that would be the
first thing that comes to mind. Bed
bugs have only just six legs while the dust mites hold eight of them. Their body forms as well
contribute on
making those bed bugs be at variance from those dust mites since the
first ones
have flat, rounded shape and would only tubby after feeding themselves
blood
from any warm-blooded mammals; while the latter, the dust
mites’ body shape is
full rounded and feed themselves only with skin scales.
Bed bugs
do have
antennas that are really in contrast with dust mites that do not have
even
one. Another
important difference these
pests have is that bed bugs are very visible to human’s naked
eyes while the
dust mites have semi-transparent bodies making them so hard to be seen. In addition to all said,
dust mites are
carriers of allergies. In
fact, dust
mite allergy is very common to almost all people when you are able to
breathe
in their excrement while the bed bugs are assumed not to be that
germ-spreading
parasite.
Though
in a quick look you
could not identify the difference between bed bugs and dust mites,
which could
cause you allergies for example and which would not, you should at all
times
observe cleanliness. As
much as
possible, you should do proper safety measures beforehand so you would
not
obtain either of the two. Remember
that
these are pests, so basically these would all give you hassles at home
or
anywhere you are. Though
they have
differences, still they are the same in nature that they are parasites
that
would make your bodies their ultimate hosts almost certainly
– and you would
not want that, would you? That’s no way.
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