What Does Bed Bugs Look Like
Bed Bug Facts
Author: Nadeeka Johnson
Bed Bugs are small pest – the adult is smaller than a quarter of an inch in size – that feed on the blood of animals and, most disconcertingly humans.
Although not equipped with wings the bed bug does possess the ability to move very quickly and is prone to rapid infestation as a result.
The Bed Bug concern is a common one, as these tiny mites are known to have traveled from their place of origin in the Asian continent to the rest of the globe.
It is far from unusual to find an infestation of Bed Bugs, but what is essential is that we know where they live, how to find them and what to do about them.
The female Bed Bug will lay eggs any day; as she can exist for vast lengths of time – over a year – this results in a rapid explosion of the Bed Bug population.
The bed bug is in action at night – when we are sleeping – and the primary clue to the infestation of Bed Bugs is the presence of marks on the skin in the morning.
The bed bug will feed during the night, and as it feeds on the blood it leaves behind marks of its presence.
A bed bug feeds by spearing the skin and inserting a tube with which it pulls out the required blood, and hence the victim will rarely be aware they are being bitten as they are normally asleep.
After feeding – which could be as long as ten minutes – the Bed Bug leaves behind a red mark which could swell and will irritate continually, bringing irritation and discomfort to the patient.
The problem about diagnosis is that the indications of Bed Bugs are often similar to many other skin infections.
Scabies leaves behind very similar indications to bed bug infestation, and other insect bites such as mosquito can also leave behind a similar tell tale mark.
Bed bug bites will usually appear on skin that is exposed while we sleep – the arms and legs, face and neck are all commonly bitten – and it is to these areas we should turn when looking for indications of the creatures.
The Bed Bug is a night feeding mite and it likes to dine on our blood; it also likes to hide and this is why it is found in our beds and furnishings.
While the Bed Bug does not nest like lots of other insects, it does fall to suitable places, hence many will hide together in the crevasses of a mattress, the inside of covers and linings and many dark and secure places.
Bed Bugs are frequently introduced into the home by persons who have been elsewhere and have possibly slept on a number of varied and frequently used beds.
A Bed Bug problem is not necessarily a case of dodgy hygiene, however, as a lot of hotels and guest houses have also been the source of the problem.
Bed Bug infestations increase very fast; with one female creature laying around five eggs per day it is easy to see how rapidly the colony can grow.
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Nadeeka Johnson is an experienced article writer with over a 1,000 articles covering a wid variety of topical written at www.deadbedbugs.com
November 30, -0001
12:00 am
Blood stains and dark spots on bedding from fecal matter are a sure sign of a bed bug infestation. The reason blood stains happen is either because you’ve rolled over and crushed an adult full of blood, or the anticoagulant they’ve injected worked well enough that you continued to bleed after the bed bug has fed. If you see anything like blood, or even empty skins (from molting) around your bed, chances are you have bed bugs….
November 30, -0001
12:00 am
Bedbugs are wingless insects, roughly oval in shape and 4–5mm long. They move quickly and can hide in narrow cracks and crevices, making detection very difficult. They are rust brown in colour and change to a deeper red brown after feeding.
Bedbugs shelter in a variety of dark locations, close to where people sleep. These include under mattresses, floorboards, paintings and carpets, behind skirting, in various cracks and crevices of walls, within bed frames and other furniture, and behind loose wallpaper. Bedbugs tend to stay in close contact with each other and heavy infestations are accompanied by a distinctive sweet sickly smell. Blood spotting on mattresses and nearby furnishings is often a tell tale sign of an infestation.
November 30, -0001
12:00 am
Dark Brownish/Black. Kinda like a mini June bug. They look very small. Check your mattress. They like to cling to it in black “colony things”. I know that’s not very helpful, but check your mattress. They seem very obvious.
November 30, -0001
12:00 am
Bed bugs are not so tiny. They are about the size of an apple seed, and they have nothing to do with poor hygiene. If what you have are that small they are not bed bugs, more like dust mites. Vacuum, vacuum, vacuum. Even the mattress. Once a week is enough for cleaning the bedding. don’t get so freaked out, they are harmless, might cause allergy symptoms, but that is the worst of it.
January 25, 2007
1:53 am
what do bed bugs look like and can they be seen by the naked eye?
July 1, 2008
8:21 am
how do yu get bed bugs?
I am deathly afraid of ANY kind of bug. I spray for insects around my house, I constantly clean so I will be free of roaches….but now I read a question about what bed bugs look like and now I am freaked. I change and wash all the sheets on the beds every week. Should I be good not to get them, or should I wash my sheets adn blankets more often than once a week?
I didn’t know they were do tiny. I thought they were flea sized.
July 18, 2008
12:35 am
what do bed bugs look like?
i know this is in the wrong category but i know most people like to read and answer the questions here.
i have a problem with looking at bugs and insects even if it’s just a picture i will start to cry(literally, i’ve seen a picture of a bug recently and i cried because i am really scared of them) and i know even though im scared i should but i really can’t do it
so can someone please go look at a picture of a bed bug and please tell me what they look like
i think i might have them
and how do i get rid of them
because im scared to go to sleep now
i dont get how i could have gotten them though
my mattress is new
i bought it a few months ago
:S
are they really thin?
March 1, 2009
7:51 am
What do bed bugs look like, and how can one get rid of them?
August 25, 2010
2:59 pm
What do bed bug bites look like?