How to Tell if You Have Bed Bugs: Four Ways You Can Trust

Other insects, like spiders, can cause bites, so how do you know you have bed bugs? You really need to make sure you are infested before starting any kind of treatment.

Most people will suspect they have them if they wake up with red bites on their arms or legs. It is common to see three roosters in a row. The reason: the pest is following the same line in which it feeds.

This common bite pattern is also called breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

You may think you’ll be able to see pests, however, it’s not easy to see them, as they like to hide in cracks in walls, deep in mattresses, under baseboards, and inside electrical outlets, just to name a few places. . .

If you are wondering how to see bed bugs in your bed, you can try turning the mattress very quickly. They will look like apple seeds. If you’re going to try this, make sure you have the vacuum ready to pick them up. You will be very surprised how fast they can move.

So how do you know if you have them? There are four general forms of detection.

1) If you see the actual bugs, their eggs, or their droppings.

2) By having a pest control professional inspect your home to confirm that you have them.

3) By using a detector

4) If you show signs of being bitten by bed bugs

If you see them yourself…

– How big are they? Ripe ones are about the size of an apple seed. They are reddish brown. And they have 6 legacies.

– What color are their eggs? They are small, translucent, and milky in appearance. You will need a magnifying glass and an LED flashlight to see them. They usually attach themselves in clusters of eggs to the headboards of beds and other solid surfaces.

– You see brown stains on the bedding. This is common and caused by your fecal matter.

– You may also see shed skin on the bed or floor.

Inspection by a pest control professional…

– Try to get a licensed professional, one who uses a licensed bed bug sniffer dog.

Follow any instructions you’ll be given to prepare for the dog’s visit.

The dog will concentrate on the areas that are infested. This will increase your chances of successful eradication by targeting these areas first when starting treatment. A good dog trainer will periodically test the dog using live insects.

These test bugs will get trapped inside sealed bottles and hidden all over the house. This will prevent a false negative from a bed bug dog.

Inspection by this method can be very fast and accurate.

Use detection devices…

There are products available that claim to detect and prevent pests from climbing up the legs of the bed. For example, the cup devices that are placed under each leg of the bed. Bugs can’t climb smooth surfaces, so they’ll fall into this jar-like device when they try to reach it in your bed.

As an alternative, you can also use plain glass jars.

You can make your own trap using sticky boards (used to catch mice). Place them around the legs of the bed.

Some people have had success using double-sided carpet tape wrapped around the legs of the bed.

A word of caution about cheating: If you don’t catch any bugs, it doesn’t mean they aren’t around. So don’t be fooled by a negative result.

If you show signs of being bitten by bedbugs…

You might ask, what do bed bug bites look like? Most bites are large, raised, reddish, and about the size of a quarter. If you don’t mind being alarmed, you can search the internet for pictures of them.

Do the bites itch? They certainly do. Try to avoid scratching them, as they will only become more painful as a result.

But the test of the rooster is definitely the definitive one. It is the best answer to the question: how to know if he has bedbugs.