The best way to deal with a bed bug infestation is to catch it before it gets too rigid or spreads to other areas. The challenge lies in the fact that low-level infestations are notoriously hard to find and identify.
If a bed bug infestation is misidentified, it will take more time to spread throughout the home or hitch a ride to another location, where they can begin a new infestation.
Bed bugs can be found in a limited capacity in almost every region of the world. They frequently travel on discarded luggage and worn items. The first thing they do when they settle into a new location is looking for a place to hide where they can get a blood meal without being disturbed.
Bed bugs are difficult to eradicate since they may hide almost anywhere.
How to Identify Bed Bug Infestation Before Its Too Late?
Although it’s hard to identify the bed bug infestation early, you should consider the factors below to identify bed bugs at your place.
Itchy Red Bites
Until someone is bitten, most insect bug infestations go undetected. There is no discomfort from the bite. Bed bugs’ saliva can irritate and inflame the skin in most people, though reactions vary from person to person. Each bite may cause a tiny, hard, swollen, white welt to appear. This causes extreme itching that can linger for hours or even days.
Body Shape
Bed bugs reach a maximum adult length of 4-5 mm and an oval form. The bodies of adult bed bugs are compressed, and their skin is rust-brown or a darker reddish brown.
Bed bugs can be recognized by their oval form, length, and reddish-brown color. Bed bugs are generally flat but swell in size after feeding on blood. When this occurs, their form expands, and they get longer. Bed bugs can be identified by the reddish-brown stains they leave behind or by the eggs, they leave behind.
Droppings
After feeding on human blood, bed bugs excrete their remains. Small black spots, sometimes no more prominent than the point of a pen, can be seen on mattresses and mattress covers.
Before entering a new life stage, bed bugs must go through molting and skin shedding. These shed skins are commonly scattered near infested areas, like the mattress’s folds, edges, and crevices.
Eggs
Those little, pale eggs could be there but are tiny and difficult to spot. They are thin and transparent. If you can identify bed bud eggs, it will help you eliminate bed bugs immediately.
Unpleasant Smell
An unpleasant odor may be present in a building if bed bugs are a problem. However, a severe infestation generates a sweet but terrible aroma, which many people have compared to the smell of coriander.
Look at Hidden Places
Bed bugs are frequently found along and under the edge of wall-to-wall carpeting; cracks in wood molding; ceiling-wall points; behind wall mounts, picture frames, and stored clothes.
Particular attention should be paid to the gaps beneath the cushions of upholstered chairs and couches.
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