How do you know if you have bed bugs?

How do you know if you have bedbugs?

• Answer:

  Assume you are talking aboutBedbugs and not about dustmites? There seems to be a lot of confusion on WikiAnswers and elsewhere on the net between the two? You can not see dustmites, but you can see bedbugs with the naked eye Bedbugs are flat looking insects about a centimetre or less long and you may see them on your sheets, and also bedbug nymphs which are smaller but still can be clearly seen with the naked eye if it is light. So have a good look in the bed on your mattress, and particularly in the seams of your mattress which is often their hiding place and also on floor near walls and in furniture near your bed and look to see if you can spot any such insects. Also look around for any blood marks on walls or on your sheets. If you see any that could have been left there by a bedbug after feeding on you. But if you do not see any, do not assume that necessarily means you have not got a bedbug problem because in the earliest stages of a bed's infestation you may not see them as they stay in their hiding places and only come out at night while you are asleep to get their meal of your blood. If when you wake up in the morning you feel a need to scratch yourself due to maddening itching and there are little red marks there, that could well be as a result of one or more bedbugs having bitten you while you were fast asleep. Bedbug bites look different from flea bits because bedbug bite wounds on your body tend to be in groups of three in neat looking rows or columns. Flea or mosquito bites are just single wounds. Also bedbugs usually bite you on your legs or arms rather than on your body like fleas and mosquitoes tend to Be aware also that they come out when it is dark and time bedbugs are most likely to be feeding on you is just before dawn. By switching on a torch that is when you are most likely to spot them feeding on either your arms or legs.