About Bed Bugs
Bedbugs are tiny, oval, brownish insects that feed on animal or human blood. Adult [bedbugs] have flat bodies about the size of an apple seed. While bedbugs cannot fly, they can easily travel through floors, walls, and ceilings. Over the course of a lifetime, female bedbugs will lay hundreds of eggs, each about the size of a speck of dust.
Signs you may have bed bugs
You could have bedbugs if you wake up with itchy places you didn't have when you went to sleep, particularly if you bought a used bed or other used furniture around the time the bites began. Other symptoms of bedbug infestation include:
- Blood traces on the sheets or pillows- Dark or rusty excrement spots on sheets and mattresses, bedclothes, and walls
- A foul, musty odor emanating from the bugs' scent glands
- Bug feces, egg shells, or shed skins in hiding places
