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Bed Bugs
“Sleep Tight Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite”
is no longer a humorous saying for teasing children at bedtime. These creatures that were once all but extinct in the United States have rapidly repopulated to a very serious degree
Although they are called bed bugs, they don’t just live in your bed. Clutter, baseboards, carpeting, and other furniture are all ideal resorts for bedbugs, and at night they come out and dine on your blood, an all-you-can-eat buffet.
- Mature bed bugs are ¼ to 3/8 of an inch long with an oval shaped ~ wingless body that appears flattened
- Nocturnal creatures, coming out of hiding at night to feed on unsuspecting humans
- Unfed bed bugs will be brown to red-brown while an engorged bed bug will be a dull red. It’s body will be elongated and swollen
- Indications of bed bug presence are brown to black spotting of sheets. Bites may also be present.
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Because of their small size and inconspicuous nature, bedbugs can be transported from one house to another in furniture, clothing, laundry, and a variety of other ways. Once in a house, bedbugs can hide almost anywhere. As one might suspect, they tend to be found around the bed, hiding in the mattress, box springs, and sheets, but they can also be found behind the baseboards, under furniture and rugs, and even behind wallpaper and objects hung on walls. Any place people spend time at rest is a likely area to find them.
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