Bed Bug Basics

Everyone that has had a problem with bed bugs want to know how to kill bed bugs, but before we get into that let me tell you a little about these small night crawling blood sucking insects. Bed Bugs are becoming a common problem and a huge nuisance in our modern day age. Adult bed bugs are oval shaped, they don’t have any wings and they also have a reddish-brown color to them. The adults can get between 4-5 millimeters and they can be seen with the naked eye. Bed bugs are slightly transparent which means you can see your blood inside them which would appear to be black.

A bed bugs favorite time to feed on its host (you) is generally right before sunrise. Although they can feed at any time of the day or the night feeding right before sunrise is when they seem to be most active. Bed bugs are attracted to its host by body heat and the carbon dioxide that we exhale. They can hide in many of places, this includes inside the mattress, any cracks or crevasses in the mattress, in walls, especially in small cracks, inside outlets, inside your dirty laundry, inside your dresser, in your blankets and sheets.

Bed bugs cannot live without a host, in most cases this means you. They need your blood to stay alive, although bed bugs can live up to a year without feeding. When a bed bug bites you the bite is painless. But sometimes it can leave a bump like a mosquito bite on you from the saliva that they inject into you. Bed bugs are not very mobile, they are very slow and will most often hide about 20 feet away from dinner, again this means you. If you notice insect bites on you then you might have a bed bug problem and it should be seen to immediately since females can hatch about 10 eggs per day. There are many methods on how to kill bed bugs, but the best solution is to get a professional exterminator, or you can continue to read what I have to say, and I will lead you in the direction and teach you how to get rid of bed bugs.