Spotting Bed Bugs
Spotting the signs of bed bugs conducting a bed bug inspection can be performed to uncover preliminary evidence before more drastic measures are taken.
Spotting bed bugs. When not feeding bed bugs hide in a variety of places. They re usually found in close proximity to their food source i e people curtis says. Bed bugs on your mattress bed frame and other furniture.
Some people don t react while others may not react until up to 9 days after they re bitten. In the seams of chairs and couches between cushions in the folds of curtains. If the room is heavily infested you may find bed bugs.
You ll have to go after the bed bugs if you re not sure whether your home s been infested because they ll only come after you when you re sleeping. These are often found on your legs arms and shoulders. This cast skin is actually the moulted exoskeleton of the bug and indicates a bed.
Bed bug bites can cause red itchy spots. A musty sweet smell with large infestations. Around the bed they can be found near the piping seams and tags of the mattress and box spring and in cracks on the bed frame and headboard.
Some bites can become infected.
