Brace yourself for a bed bug invasion! Travellers and a mild winter set to drive up numbers of blood-sucking creatures

Forecasters are predicting a 'perfect storm' of wet and mild winter Conditions will provide ideal breeding environment for the creatures People away on holiday could unwittingly bring bed bugs back Infestations of bed bugs in UK have risen three-fold over a decade Ability to create colony from small numbers could explain resurgence Bugs can survive without food for a month as they wait for humans

By Ellie Zolfagharifard for MailOnline

Published: 11:59 EST, 22 September 2014 | Updated: 12:02 EST, 22 September 2014

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Blood-thirsty bed bugs are set to sweep the UK in the coming weeks as forecasters predict a 'perfect storm' of a wet and mild winter.

The conditions will provide an ideal breeding environment for the creatures, which are capable of surviving for a month without feeding as they wait for a human to arrive.

And experts have warned people who were away on their summer holidays could have unwittingly brought more bed bugs back in suitcases and travel bags.

Bloodthirsty bedbugs are set to sweep the UK in the coming weeks with forecasters predicting a 'perfect storm' of wet and mild winter.The conditions will provide ideal breeding environment for the creatures

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Brace yourself for a bed bug invasion! Travellers and a mild winter set to drive up numbers of blood-sucking creatures