Identifying Bed Bug Infestations

Much of the time, a bed bug infestation is only suspected when bites appear on a person. Oftentimes, the bites are misidentified, thus allowing infestations to go unnoticed, which gives the bed bugs time to spread to other areas of the house.

When cleaning, changing bedding, or staying away from home, look for such as:

• dark spots (about this size: •) which are bed bug excrement and may bleed on the fabric like a marker would,
• eggs and eggshells, which are tiny (about 1mm) and white,
• skins that nymphs shed as they grow larger,
• live bed bugs, and
• rusty or reddish stains on bed sheets or mattresses caused by bed bugs being crushed.

Source USEPA