{"id":747,"date":"2022-06-13T21:32:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T21:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/?p=747"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:12:08","slug":"how-do-i-know-if-i-have-bed-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/how-do-i-know-if-i-have-bed-bugs\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I know if I have bed bugs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You know you have a bed bug infestation if:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>you are either getting bed bug bites<\/li><li>you see bed bug fecal matter<\/li><li>you see live bed bugs or bed bug nymphs<\/li><li>you see bed bug eggs or bed bug shed skins<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/bed-bugs-exterminator.html\">Bed Bug Inspection Page<\/a> for in-depth walk through of how to look for bed bugs in your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sighting one single bed bug or even a single fecal marking should be taken very seriously, and usually means that you should arrange a professional pest control treatment as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bed bugs are very stealthy pests so if you spot a single bug it means there are likely many more that you cannot see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VERY IMPORTANT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bed bug bites are a skin reaction to the anticoagulant and anesthetic agents the bug injects as it\u2019s drawing blood.<\/li><li>About 30% of people do not react to bed bug bites.<\/li><li>Even if you are NOT getting bites you still may have a bed bug infestation.<\/li><li>&nbsp;Bed bugs leave distinctive visual markings of their presence.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know you have a bed bug infestation if: you are either getting bed bug bites you see bed bug fecal matter you see live bed bugs or bed bug nymphs you see bed bug eggs or bed bug shed skins Check out our Bed Bug Inspection Page for in-depth walk through of how to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/how-do-i-know-if-i-have-bed-bugs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How do I know if I have bed bugs?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11,24],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bed-bugs","tag-bed-bugs-exterminator-in-ajax","tag-quality-affordable-pest-control","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}