INVASION OF THE MUTANT BED BUGS

Pests that resist sprays heading to UK from France

- MEG JORSH

BRITAIN is facing an invasion of mutant "super" bed bugs as the Parisian pests learn to shrug off insecticides, experts have warned.

The blood-suckers are "harder to kill than ever" after developing a resistance to pesticide sprays, French exterminators have revealed.

Now UK hotels and transport firms are bracing themselves for an onslaught of the unwelcome visitors.

Nicolas Roux de Bezieux of pest control website badbugs.fr warned: "It's harder to kill them than it's ever been. Pest controllers have to return because they survive the spray."