Pest infestations keep emerging from time to time and place to place. Usage of strong chemical insecticides over the years has given the pests a certain resistance to their effects. Read on to learn about a new, effective and greener pest control approach.

A pest could be a type of animal or plant. An animal is considered a pest when it causes damage to a wild ecosystem or carries germs within habitats. Rats, fleas, cockroaches, mosquitoes, bed bugs, ticks, etc are all different types of pests. However, it is also possible for an animal to be a pest in one setting but beneficial or domesticated in another. A plant pest is also often referred to as a weed and is called so when they become invasive from a human point of view.

However, no matter how broad the classifications are or how less lethal most of them might be, pests are annoying. At times their infestation can cause diseases like dengue and malaria (from mosquito bites), bubonic plague (rats) and so on. Others like cockroaches, fleas, bed bugs, etc., apparently pose a lesser threat but they can also cause enough trouble. If left unchecked, any pest infestation can cause harm in more than just the domestic sphere. The recent bed bug infestation in New York City is a stark reminder.

Although not life threatening or causing any property damage, the New York City bed bug infestation had its own impact on tourism and businesses, not to forget the domestic annoyance and trouble. Many travelers called off their New York trips that had been planned months ago. Finding these creepy crawly blood-sucking insects in movie theaters, hotels and clothing chain stores are no doubt creepy and definitely create a bad impression to a city like New York's reputation.

Bed bugs are difficult to eradicate as they hide in many more places than just the beds and can even go a year without feeding. They are rarely seen in action by their human victims as they are nocturnal in nature and their infestation is only often detected through their bites. Although generally painless, bed bug bites are itchy and annoying. The bite's aftereffect usually starts with a swelling, which fades to red marks and gradually disappears over a few days. Apart from those nasty bites, other signs and problems that bed bugs bring are dark spots of bug excrement on bedding or walls, an offensive musty odor when infestations are severe and when they are crushed they leave tiny bloodstains on sheets or mattresses or even clothes.

There might be tips and do-it-yourself methods but the best way to take care of them is to call the neighborhood exterminators. To avoid the usage of strong insecticides that might have adverse effects on you or your surrounding, it best to call a pest control technician who uses organic substances. Another reason for this is that, over the years bed bugs have developed a certain resistance to many chemical pesticides due their over usage. Also its chronic exposure could pose as a potential toxicity to children.

The advantage of using organic substances is that it is highly effective on bedbugs and does not have any side effects on humans or the environment. By using organic materials for exterminating bed bugs, we are not only protecting ourselves but also making the environment safe. There are various eco-friendly pest control methods and equipment utilized by exterminators today; cryonite, bed bug dogs, fumigation, thermography, etc., are some well known and used ones. Both residential and commercial buildings can make use of such services, to fight pest infestation of all types – from cockroaches to rats to bed bugs NYC and its surrounding tri-state areas can avail this green and healthy way of effective pest control by calling upon Green Eco.