Michael::

A few months ago I noticed a bug on my bed as I was getting reading to go to sleep. I had never seen a bug like this before. I killed it and have not seen any more since. Seeing these pictures of bed bugs on your site, reminds me of what that bug looked like. I don’t experience any itching or redness on my body however. It is possible that there was only one bed bug or am I wishful thinking? Once you see one, does it mean there may be several more or eggs that may have been laid?

Laura Emily::

For the last several months I was getting red welts all over my body. It seemed to occur after spending the night at my boyfriend’s house. I questioned him, but he advised me he thought they were stress hives. The welts appeared two more times after that.

I saw a physician and a dermatologist, both of whom were clueless! Finally, I had the boyfriend come over to my apartment with his sheets. We had conjectured that I was allergic to his laundry detergent. In hindsight, this was a huge mistake–having him wash his sheets at my house–as he later revealed he had a horrific mattress infestation of bed bugs the month following.

Two months later, I started getting the welts again. They were smaller and less pronounce. Last night, I found a bed bug. Ew! I captured it, put it in a sandwich bag, and smashed it with a spoon only to watch blood spatter all over the interior of the bag. I have brought this to the attention of my apartment complex.

Sherry::

I got bed bugs from buying a used bedroom suite from an apartment dweller. They didn’t have any furniture in their apartment, so I thought they were getting new furniture. It never dawn on me that they were battling a bed bug problem nor that they could be transferred from a headboard, I only got the the wood furniture,
not the mattress. I had an experience with bedbugs as a child and I could feel them bite.

I started getting really itchy bumps I thought was nerves: until I found a brownish mess on the side of my mattress and on my sheets there was also little blood spots, I thought was because I scratched my bumps too much. After closer examination I realized they were bugs and I remembered my experience from childhood.

I’ve got them under control for now. By: hauling the invested furniture to the dump, treating the mattress and carpet with bed bug spray, from Lowe’s and also spraying 91% alcohol on everything, especially rubbing the alcohol in the seems. I also, encased my box springs & mattress with dust mite proof mattress covers.

Nicole::

Can u only get Bed Bugs if you have a wooden frame?
I think i’ve got bitten by them but i’ve got a metal frame and no bed bug infestation. But my bites are all over my legs and look Bed Bug bites

Julia::

It sounds like Hayley might have scabies which there is a cream you can put on to get rid of it. If you have bed bugs you will eventually find one on your sheets or bedding. They can hide in the walls or the cracks of the floor or even in your mattress. You should get mattress and pillow covers, and you can also spray to get rid of them. the scabies you just have to wash your bedding in hot water and then make sure to get the cream and maybe the antihistamine pill if your rashes are worsened by an allergic reaction.

Kirstin::

I’m a bit confused with my situation. I woke up a few days ago with five bites on my right leg, three around my knee and two on my shin.

I am thinking it was just a mosquito I ignored it. But within the next day or two I noticed three bites on my left arm, and two on the inside of my bicep. I showed a coworker who said it was spiders, but I checked over my entire room and…no spiders! Now I have one more on my left arm, one on my hip and the other on my abdomen.

I checked the internet and found this bed bug site here, so I’ve been checking my bed and blankets for bed bugs (in fact all my sheets are getting washed right now, haha), and I’ve now vacuumed my bed and the surrounding area.

But the thing is, I didn’t see anything. No feces, no bugs, no curious stains. I took some pictures of the ones on my arm, but they look kind of different from any of the images on the bed bug site. I was wondering if perhaps you could help?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

I forgot to mention… I work over nights, so I sleep during the day. I have good blinds so my room can get pretty dark during the day.

Leatha::

Sandy,
If they have black dots in them chances are that it’s scabies.

Alex::

Hi,

I woke up the other morning with a red hive type thing on part of my middle hip. I thought it might’ve been an irritation spot, so I let it go, but I think its gotten worse.

It is pinkish and swollen, also pinkish around it too (it looks like under the skin). It is painful, especially when I sit down, because it hits my leg.

Also, today, I noticed a little thing sticking out of a small part of it. It was very tiny, but I continued to pull it out. After I did, this yellowish type thing came oozing out, and I had no idea what it was. It stopped coming out after a while, and I washed it with soap and water, and iced it. The swelling has gone down, but it is still pinkish and painful.

Any idea what this is? I just washed my sheets and have never experienced this before, so I don’t know if it is bed bugs or not.

wyatt::

i have just recently started getting these red spots on my legs that look like little pimples, can they be bed bug bites? ive never seen them but i do work for a furniture leasing company is it possible i brought them home? i cant figure it out please help

molly::

recently i got this spot like thing on my arm and i havent really bothered with it but it has developed into a scanb i also have them on my bag and stomach and my chest they are oval shaped slightly red with a rough surface and i have no idea what they are?

Jess::

I woke up with what I thought was a rash. A curved line of little bites grouped in 3. SO itchy and so gross. The bites have no hole in the center. They are on my hip and stomach. They definitely look like bed bug bites, but I’ve searched my bed and room and can find no evidence of them????

hilary::

My son has these 4 bite marks on his back there all in a shape that looks like the little dipper i recently found out my neighbor across the hall had them can i get them and what does the marks sound to you thank you Hilary

Brenda::

Hi Abel,

You would see the bed bugs clearly if they were on you, however, if they had you for dinner last night, then you may now be feeling the effects!

Jim::

Hello Abel,

If you found bed bugs, then chances are that it’s bites from last night.

A number of people on this site found they had scabies which often show up as a bite with a black dot in the center – just throwing that out there…

To help get rid of that itching feeling, many claim that tea tree oil does wonders with the bites (regardless where they came from).

Jessie::

Over the past week, I’ve been complaining about bug bites on my legs and feet. They’re pretty itchym but they seem smaller and more pink instead of red like mosquito bites. I was telling my roommate about it, how every time I wake up in the morning, I seem to have a couple more bites than the night before, and I was upset that apparently mosquitoes are eating me while I’m sleeping. He said he hoped it wasn’t bed bugs so we searched my room and all my linens and the mattress, etc. I bought new sheets, washed the old ones, and even switched out my mattress. We never found anything – no blood smears or fecal matter, no shells, eggs or live bugs. But I still got two new bites last night.
I’m so confused! We found no signs of bed bugs, but I have almost 20 bites on my feet and legs. Could I still have bed bugs, even if there’s no signs other my bites??
Please answer, I’m getting so freaked out about this!!

Marianne::

I moved into a new apartment one month ago. I did not feel itchy until last night. I had changed my sheets yesterday morning, so these sheets were washed at the laundromat and I had put them into my night table drawer.

Anyway, I woke up 3 times in the middle of the night, very itchy. I have 3 tiny red bites on my left leg, and a few extremely tiny red specks on my arms and tummy. I also noticed extremely tiny black specks on my white pants today.

Am I being paranoid, or can I possibly have bed bugs? Or is it a mosquito that got into my room? Also, what is diatomaceous earth and where can I buy it? I heard that this kills bed bugs.

ciara::

on day i slept on my carpet and then the next day it was a bunch of bumps on my right shoulder i didnt know what it was so i looked it up on google i saw lots of bed bug pictures and it didnt look like any of the ones i had i was hoping you could help please help me im sooo confused

missy::

I’ve seen one on the wall in the daytime and last night one on a pillow that was on the floor. We threw out a second hand mattress and while out in the hot sun in the driveway they came crawling out of a tear on the underside. Gag. However we can not find an infestation anywhere!

I still have treated everyday since then with a spray that I read about on another site. It seems to me that if what I have is bug bites they are only biting in the same place, on my left shoulder blade and at the top of my tail bone. Nothing big and red, just teeny tiny patches of rough skin and a discoloration in those areas that has the appearance of the color of a brownish birthmark, but over about a 5 inch area.

Nothing on my arms, face, legs, belly, or feet! But I know for sure that I have bedbugs! I have killed some. I have been using that spray I read about with that chemical in it that the exterminators use as well as vacume everyday! Plus i bagged up everything and left in in the trunk of my hot car during the heatwave as recommended.

If anyone can explain why i don’t have those horrid bites like I see in the pics I would like to know . I will add this what marks that I do have itch so terrible! i take benedryl, seems to help.

Tara::

I woke up and took a shower and my left foot was scratching at my right foot. There were three red dot bites. I heard the saying Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. That when you are sleeping you may feel it and not wake up. That you would scratch at it and the bed bug would move. Also I woke up in the middle of the night and felt something just above my upper lip. It felt like a scab..one I did not recall having. I had to scratch it away. I then looked in the mirror and saw a red dot. I know I was in denial. I have not seen anything. I have slept in my bed afterwards with no more bites. It only happened twice. Do I have bed bugs?

Tara::

Some of the Photos on this web page really scare me! My apartment now smells like rubbing alcohol! I have to travel to Ohio next month. CBS called that state “The Bed Bug Capitol of The United States!” That is what has me freaked out. I never want to sleep on a mattress again.

My skin has not stopped crawling. I have given myself bruises just by swiping away imaginary bugs. I think I now hate the E.P.A…. from what I have been reading their solution puts the responsibility on the individual. That’s great if you live in your house, but not good if you have to live in an apartment building. I have zero control over how my neighbors live.

I need a chemical solution. It’s great that there is an agency protecting the environment from us. ..But there should also be an agency protecting us from the environment. I think I would give up ten years of my life to rid the world of bed bugs. Fair trade I think…lol

Brad Pedro::

I have been bitten by so but can’t figure out what . They looked like a bedbug bite at first but the have turned into a fluid filled blister. Is that what bedbug bites do? They turned to blisters in just a few hours after getting bitten.

grace::

i woke up one morning with about 5 red dots on my arm they didn’t itch at first but then after a couple hours they itched like cray a day later i found more scattered around my stomach and back i wouldn’t have noticed them because they didn’t itch but when i examined my body i was shocked at how many red dots i had…my mom is in denial that their bed bugs but what else could it be if i woke up with them. how can you detect these bugs? I’m so creeped out by my bed now i have to sleep on the couch….

Jane::

After staying at a hotel which I’ve stayed at a few times before, which happens to be part of the Hilton family and also where my aunt works, I got these bed bug bites and what a hellish night of itching!

Just wanted to share what they looked like! I hope no one has to go through this!

John G.::

I think I have 2 distinct specie of bed bug. One is the typical and the other is very small, gray in color with stripes and hairy. Anybody else finding these tiny, little guys? They are so small they look like a crumb from a slice of bread that hits the table. A small crumb, in fact. I use a magnifying glass to inspect them.

Mary::

Hi, I live in an old house and it has been unusually hot and humid outside the past few days. The other night I could not sleep because I felt like there was something crawling on me, the same sensation has occurred over the past few nights. I wake up, turn on the lights and do not see anything! I live with two roommates and we have had a kitten for the past few months. Just yesterday I noticed 2-5 bites on my stomach and last night found some bites on the insides of my arms and legs. The bites are small and slightly raised. They are not necessarily in a line but spread out in random places and it looks like they have a small red dot in the middle. Neither of my roommates have gotten bitten.

I have not seen any traces of either Bed Bugs or Fleas and our cat has not been scratching. Last weekend I stayed in a cabin sleeping in an old sleeping bag that I have not used in over a year. An exterminator is coming to our house in the morning – any good suggestions of what I should ask him? Are these fleas or are these Bed Bugs??? Could I have attracted them from staying in the cabin? I am hoping that these are fleas and I can bomb our house, from what it sounds like, my bites resemble flea bites?

please help :)

Stacy::

Could these be bedbug bites? I have them randomly all over my body….gnats, fleas, or bed bugs?

Sher::

I caught a bed bug and experimented with different things to kill it. The one thing that killed it was believe it or not….SCOPE MOUTHWASH (green). I sprayed my sons mattress which was brand new with it. I have not had anymore problems with bed bugs, but I check ALL beds, couches…etc frequently just to make sure. I always have my SCOPE spray bottles handy.

Pam::

After reading all the stories here, I am almost convinced I have bedbugs. The first time I felt a bite I do now remember I had just woke up and I had a row of bump it seemed that turn into one big bump after a few hours or so.

Initially, I put some cortesoid cream on it no help but it started to itch real bad so I grab the first thing on my nightstand which was some hand sanitizer the itching stopped but started back up later. I have since then received one single bite on my thumb, one single bite in between my finger and now just one on my forearm. I just recently noticed spots on my bed sheets and can not really tell if this is bed bugs or just spots that I picked up on the floor walking with no shoes on.

My mattress is old and have little debris in the crevices so I have not been able to determine if these are bedbug. I don’t want to be in denial because I can not avoid to get rid of these things if it is a case of bedbugs. I have a few things that make me think it could be bedbugs, but I can’t pinpoint where I could have received them.

I have recently stayed in a cabin, 2 weeks or so apart I stayed in a hotel and my son also just went on a retreat and stayed in a cabin. I am not sure if his trip was before or after my first bite. He said he have not received any bites.

My question is how long does it take for these bugs to manifest and become infested? Is it possible to have had them for a while and now it is infested enough to bite? Do i have to do everything in my apartment if I have been in other part of the apartment.

I went to the cabin October and then Las Vegas the latter part of October. My friends that I traveled with have not complained and I definitely do not want to complain about the cabin we stayed in as I one want to continue to go and don’t want them to think that if no one else has experience this that I might just have bedbugs and will take it back when we go again and not allow me to go. How will I know where this came from?

I do not have a vacuum cleaner as I have hardwood floors I cannot throw out my mattress or bed linens, I live in an apartment and not sure if the dryer we have will get hot enough to kill them and plus it cost a dollar to wash and one dollar to dry. I cannot very well wash and dry all my stuff because my comforter are too big for an apartment size washer and dryer. I am not working and cannot avoid to treat this problem, any suggestions, What can I do to deal with this until I can get some money to treat it other ways I have read about. please help?

Bed Bug Girl::

Those could be mite bites, can you take a picture of the bites and send it to me?

Thanks!

alex31::

Back in august my boyfriend moved to Atlanta for about a month and in that period he had to sleep on a floor where he was staying. so when he decide to final move back to Texas with me and his skin had gone crazy! It was really dry and bumpy with black dots. soon afterward he has bits so up that looked like ant bites, meaning when he popped them the watery stuff came out, but then after awhile i started getting the same marks and now both of our skin itchy like crazy. a doctor try to say i had dry skin, and gave me cream but that hasn’t fixed the problem and i was trying to see if we had bed bugs or scabies.

Jen::

Bad Bed Bugs,

My name is Jen, and I am sending a photo and my story in case it can help people. Here it is:

I have clusters of red bumps along the waistline of my stomach and back. I was convinced that these were bed bug bites. The bumps are not itchy. However, around the fifth day, the bumps became filled with pus and are extremely painful.

I went to the doctor and learned that the bumps are not bites at all. Instead, I have shingles! Lesson learned: if you’re in pain, go to the doctor!

angela::

Included is a picture of my boy with these hive looking things covering his body.

He wakes up with and black dots on his bed frame (bed bug feces?)

The doc said it was hives but it only happens if he sleeps in his bed. We have got a new mattress and deep cleaned his room. The bed frame his grandparents got him was used and I believe this all started from that.

The add thing is, we have younger kids that play on his bed and in his room but no one else has these bumps.

Please, anyone have any ideas?

Bed Bug Girl::

Hi Kate,

These look more like a skin reaction rather than bed bug bites. Here is what you can do to help confirm an infestation of bed bugs – see the “Bed Bug Traps” link at the top right corner of this site? On that page I have all the instructions on how to build your own trap for less than $10 and it works. Let me know what the bugs you catch, of any, look like!

Bed Bug Girl::

It’s hard to tell without pictures Bridget. My email is at the bottom of this page – send them in and I’ll take a look plus post them so that others can tell what bed bug bites look like.

Thanks!

R.D.F::

I’m a pretty clean person,but some how i got bedbugs. Thank God i caught them before they got out of hand. I used some spray that is for ants, water bugs, and other bugs I did not care what the can said it was for, i used what i had. Not knowing what a bedbug looked like i found out. I thank GOD for THAT bug spray because i went crazy spraying.That night i did not sleep in my bed.The next day i looked and saw that the bedbugs were dead. I called maintenance and showed them. And sure enough i had bedbugs! A friend gathered the dead b-bugs put them in a ziplock bag.The specialist came in told me to stop using the the spray because it would stop their treatment from working. I did after i sprayed my vents. Anyway i got rid of them before they got out of hand and took over my home. Praise the Lord!

margaret::

Is there anything bed bugs does not like? Some fragrance …Any ideas?

Andrea::

Hi Bed Bug Girl!

Hope you can help me to figure out what these are. I had another series of bites about three weeks ago, and then nothing until last night when I got hammered in the face and upper neck area.

Also have a bad bite near my elbow which is raised. The bumps have turned red on my skin and itch. The one on my elbow is really tender and is really warm to the touch, more so than my other skin surrounding it.

My mom thinks it might be a loner mosquito and some others say a spider (due to another bite under the armpit that was four itchy bites almost in a perfect square – bizarre?) Appreciate the work you are doing! Nice to know there is a resources that folks can explore before taking things further more expensive steps…be well.

Andrea

Katie::

Hi, I’ve recently been noticing little red bited on my feet and ankles. I’ve also found some on my wrist. I have a cat and we thought she had fleas, so we treated her, but I’m wondering if the bites are from fleas or from bed bugs. The bites I have are fairly small and only one has developed a blister. They itch on and off, and are red with a darker red center. Do bed bugs live on the ground? We have a bathroom where the caulk is pulling away from the edges of the shower and the stone and I have seen some small bugs crawling on the floor, but they are very small, I had to crouch down to see them. They were easy to crush, but jumped around a lot. I know this is sounding like fleas, but they weren’t flat, and like I said before, they were easy to crush. Any ideas of what they might be? Please help me.

Tel::

Well my daughter has all these red bits on her all the doctors said was ezama but i think different and shes the only one that has it in the home what do u think it would be

Veronica::

PLEASE HELP! Is this welt a result of a bed bug bite?

Can an expert on this site please help me determine whether this light red
colored, irregular welt looks like a reaction to a bed bug bite? I finally
returned to my bed after two weeks, and low and behold, I awoke at 2am with a
tingly feeling and went to the bathroom to check.

The same, irregular shaped
welt appeared yet again, but this time, it was lighter in color, but had the
same shape as my last bite. Can someone please tell me whether this can be from
a bed bug bite?

Thanks.

Taylor::

I have these little red bites on both of my legs and one big one by my ankle. They don’t itch or even hurt. Some are little red and other a light pink but I recently woke up with them. I don’t know what bug bed bites look like, but I sure hope it’s not them!

Bed Bug Girl::

Hi Brittany,

These do look like bed bugs bites but impossible to tell for sure… Try the bed bug trap listed on this site, it works and if you have bed bugs, you’ll trap them and have confirmation Also, make sure you take pictures of the trap and bed bugs, you could get paid for it :)

Ken::

could you please tell me how i may post a picture for you to look at – cannot tell if this is a bed bug or not but i have found 2 of them just now – the pic turned out very clear – please let me know

Jax_ItchALot::

Yes I have noticed over the past few weeks that I have bites appearing all over my body. They itch REALLY bad and I just thought they might be mosquito bites or maybe flea bites. After looking into it I may believe they are bed bugs. I have a clean room and haven’t seen any bugs in my room. I saw one bug the other night, but i’m not so sure it was a bed bug, it looked more like a beetle. Does this sound like bed bugs? or maybe something else?..

Alyssa::

hey ,
Recently I stayed at a hotel im Myrtle Beach and I now see little red bumps all over my body.Even in between my fingers. Could this possibly be bed bugs?

Bed Bug Girl::

What nights / dates did you stay there Patrick?

SWT::

I think its interesting that the majority of posts here describe getting them while on vacation at such n such hotel, from high class to motel level. Remember the days when people used to wash and dry their clothes thoroughly before packing and going on vacation? These critters are spreading because people nowadays just don’t care. If you have bed bugs, you know it. Its rarely a big surprise prior to going somewhere that you are infested at home. Do the rest of the country a favor and wash and dry on high for a good while before traveling please. Also get lemon oil and clove oil spray, spray the inside of your luggage, they hate that stuff.

Scarworried!::

Hi,

I’ve been wondering if these are scars from bed bugs and what can I do to make the scars disappear?

At first they started off as looking like mosquito bites usually do, they were slightly raised.

I really want to know if these look like bed bug bite scars and what I can use to treat them. The picture of the scars are only on my right leg.

Thank you!

Vanessa::

Just thought I’d share my pics & long story, I found your site through a goggle search.

I took the pics with my camera-phone so excuse the quality & I didn’t take pics in the beginning so some of these bites are healing, I guess.

So here’s my story, my first warning should have been my apartment building itself. There are renovations going on in the building while we are still living here, this building hasn’t been maintained probably since the stone-age so we have seen more of everything since the renovations started, more rodents, more dust, debris & bed bugs. So my building has 6 floors and starting last year a few floors had bed bugs so they’ve had the inspectors check the apartments once a month since then.

Every other floor had bed bugs, all the odd numbered floors for some reason so since this has happened I’ve been keeping an eye on things but obviously not enough. So about 3 months ago I noticed changes in my skin, at first I thought they were just mosquito bites because by the time I noticed it they were red & itchy like hell. I also happened to get bit by mosquitoes at the same time as these other bites so it wasn’t a farfetched conclusion however I noticed these bites didn’t look like my usual mosquito bites, these looked angrier, lol redder, more swollen, like they were mad at my skin for existing.

First I noticed what appeared to be welts on my skin that weren’t red at all, I have a pic of one of them enclosed. Like a clear welt if that makes any sense. A day or so later the welt that previously wasn’t red would be red & about 2 times the size as it was the day before. so red then it would swell then a few days later between me scratching & breaking the skin turn into a small irritated pimple looking mark.

I’m always attacked by mosquitoes in the summer, no matter what I do so I thought they are just attacking me again. That is until I started to research & really examine the bites, for the most part they were in a line, clustered sometimes but always in a line or right next to each other. Each morning I would wake up to more new bites.

I thought oh no bed bugs, but how? I didn’t buy any new furniture, it’s the same mattress I’ve had for years, I don’t really invite a lot of people over, where the hell are they coming from & why are they in my room & why am I the only one in the house that’s being attacked??? Lol my Dad is always inviting people over so I’m going to guess a bed bug came along for the ride with one of them on their clothing or bag etc. during my ordeal the inspectors came to check my apartment a few times & said they didn’t find any bedbugs & maybe I was having some sort of skin allergy to maybe the laundry detergent or something else etc.

So when they said no bed bugs after I called again because my skin began to look like 101 Dalmatians I began to think maybe I’m nuts. Maybe this is just a skin reaction to soap, perfume, laundry detergent & the more freaked out I get the more this “rash” spreads.

I just made an appointment for the dermatologist earlier today because I really started to think I’m losing my mind, can’t be bed bugs if the inspectors keep coming & telling me that they didn’t find anything. That was until TONIGHT. I went to bed later than I usually do so after I brushed my teeth, I came back in my room to see an insect walking across my bed. I just did laundry last night so I have white sheets down and it was very visible. I tried to kill it but it wouldn’t die by my slipper because it was so flat so I grabbed a piece of tissue & squished it between the tissue.

As I was about to throw it away u thought wait, go online & look it up to see if it’s a bedbug. I remember the inspector telling me if I found anything that I thought was a bedbug to keep it after I killed it so that’s why I headed to the net. Lo and behold what walked across my white sheets was a bed bug, caught the damn bastard doing the tango across my sheets. It is about 1 am here in NYC so obviously I can’t do anything now but building management will get a piece of my mind in the morning

Vanessa Moore (still up at 1:30 am in Brooklyn, about to sleep on the couch, & disgusted that I was made to feel like some hypochondriac female when it was clear to me with research that I had bed bugs although the inspectors kept telling me I didn’t)

Vanessa::

@ Carrie, it’s a small building, not really a complex, it’s on Hawthorne st in Brooklyn

Jae::

I haven’t been able to sleep at night!

Here is a picture of what I’m going through. These are bites on my belly and as you can see, they get really itchy and it wakes me up.

I started noticing that I have these weird marks on my body. They are small, flat, red, and itchy.

They’re all over my body; on my legs, thighs, arms, stomach, I’ve even found a few on my breasts.

These were the few that I found on my left breast.

Do you think that these are bed bug bites?

Thank you!

tree sap::

my family isnt sure if we have bed bugs becasue only one person has bites she has 8 on her left arm and 1 on the side of her face. they’re red welts. Shes four and sleeps with her mother but her mother doesnt have a single bite no one else does. Do we have bed bugs?

Maria::

Ive been acting weird lately for about 2 weeks now because i woke up with these bite marks on my feet. Now as of today, i have bite marks all over my feet to my ankle to my thighs, my hands and arms and starting of my back and neck. Like wth>? are these bed bug bites or what- because they look like mosquito bites at first then they start turning red. is it because the bed im sleeping on. or did i catch it from somewhere else. If i caught it from somewhere else; does it affect where and what im sleeping on now. > ? Please help me ! And what am i suppose to do !.

Alice Wong::

my roommate and I have stayed in EconoLodge in portland for two nights. We got bitten by begbugs, those bites showed up after three days we got home. The bite showed up as mosquito bite at first, it was itchy and rashes, but then keep spreading all the body, neck, arms, hands…
it is really bad experience which my roommate and I still struggling with those hives…..Painful! It is killing me deadly.

preston::

Hello,

About a week ago i noticed to red bumps about the size of a quarter one above the other on my leg, i didn’t think anything of it i thought maybe it was just a mosquito bite or maybe spider bite.

There still on there. But today i took off my jacket and my friend pointed out to me that i had red bites on my arm theres about six of them and they go in a line.

I’m really worried and need to know if i could be bug bites or something else.

Ashley::

Hello!

My husband and I recently stayed out of town with our 5 month old. About 9 days after returning my husband woke up with numerous bites all over him–however, I didn’t have anything. I figured he got into something outside, but the next day he received more bites… We washed our sheets and sprayed all over the room.

My husband no longer got any bites, but now I have really tiny bumps popping up. They are probably the size of a ball point pen head. They do not itch, but I feel like I feel them at night–but get up to find nothing… We have not found a single trace of the bug yet–but have no other way if describing why my husband got all bit up… I read they are hard to find, so we are thinking about hiring the dog to come sniff around…

I an attaching a picture of the small bump/bite?? that I had when I woke up this morning. It seems small and not quite as angry as most of the pictures I have seen.. What do you think??

Update: 9/9/11

Turns out we did have bed bugs! We opted for the heat treatment.

Thanks!

Karina::

Hello,

I came across your e-mail address and wondering if you might be able to help me determine if the bites in the pictures attached are from bed bugs?

I have no idea how one can tell whether they are from bed bugs or other pest. How can one differentiate? If you look close at the bites, you’ll see a linear pattern in each, is this what they look like?

Please advise.

Thank you.

Scott::

Has there been another other cases of your family being bitten? If it’s not a one time thing, then that pattern is right in line (pun intended) with bed bug bites. use the checklist at the top of this page to search for bed bugs and set up a bed bug trap.

huligirl::

dear scott, thanks, no one else got bit, and she hasn’t had any other “bites” since. i saw her pediatrician today and she said quite adamantly that if it’s bed bugs, it would be most likely be along her torso where it contacts the bed, not on her upper arm. she think that her skin may have gotten scratched by a plant or contacted something that irritated it. she said it looked like contact dermatitis, and to use hydrocortisone cream on it. it’s so strange, i don’t know what to believe. any more thoughts from anyone??

Justmovedout.::

I literally just moved out to an apartment complex about 3 weeks ago. There not top notch but they arent slummy. My roomate and I have had some issues with bug bites lately. Her bug bites look like bed bugs bite and she thinks she just found 2 yesterday and my bites look like dust mite bites. We just had our apartment sprayed just 2 days ago and were still getting eaten alive.
So heres my question, can the bugs live in our clothes and blankets? I sometimes get bug bites while im at work and its extremely frustrating WE CANT GET AWAY FROM THEM. Is there any way I can take care of this issue MYSELF. What products work the best and how to rid my home for the next year of these things..

Dana Bowman::

Hi, my name is Dana Bowman. I’ve never had bed bugs, before my grandmother passed she had bed bugs herself, and when my mom moved some of her things to our house, I think that’s were it all started; they are only in my room and nowhere else.

Since the frame of my bed is broken, I was forced to sleep on the floor, and also we even had the pest control come over and spray, he did exactly that, and that night, I saw something oval shaped like crawling on my sheets, so I took my sheets and burned them. Then I went to bed, and I woke up with a bite on my wrist and one on my breast. I was told that they like to hide in mattresses, and holes as well. And they only come out at night.

The guy that came over and sprayed said that there are some insects that look like bed bugs, not really for sure if it is a bed bug or something else that looks like one. Ever since, I’ve been sleeping in my sisters room, and I’ve never had a bite since then.

Also here is a tip. Bed bugs like to hide underneath the bed, so I went to Walmart and got a some type of bed cover and also get tuck tape so you can put tape on the zipper, that way the little buggers can’t get in. Do the same thing for your pillow. You can get these things at Walmart.

The frame of my bed is all wood, so now I have to get a new frame, one that isn’t wood. My little sister has a metal from.
1. It’s comfortable for my back.
2. The bed bugs would have to find a new place to hide.

Tony::

Hi there,

I used to get bedbug bites in the past 2 years. I kinda know what it looks like or feel like. It’s one of the most terrible things in my life. I told the landlord and they got rid of them by using chemical. I also move away from the apartment, and I thought it’s over.

Last 3 weeks I got bites just the same that I got before. :-( I suspect I got bedbugs back again somehow. I tried to blame it to spiders. hehehe Anyway I know how bad the bites are like because I totally allergic to it. The venom of it make my skin swell so bad. It’s red around the edge and because it’s swell so bad so it’s yellow in the inside (no blood, just lymph), sometimes I have to poke it so it won’t be so tight.

I slept on a mattress that places directly on the floor. I checked my bed but no sign of its habitat. I went and get a bed frame that has legs and put a lot of Vaseline ring around the legs so the bug can not bite me at night.

Last night, I came home from work my room was dark and I am terrified from the bugs so bad, so I grab more Vaseline to put more on my bed legs, I saw something looked like a water melon seed on my carpet, so I put my wet finger with Vaseline tap on it. It is a bedbug! I was so happy as I suspect that there’s only one in my room and I got it. I put it in a zip bag and staple the outer seal so the zip will be totally secured. hehehe I’m gonna torture the thing.

My friend told me that there won’t be just one bedbug :( that’s really concern me, but I do believe, according to the amount of the bites, there’s only one that lost to my place. Tonight, I’m gonna sleep on the floor to see if there’s anymore bites. If not, I’m lucky. If there is new bites, the war will still going on between ME and The Bedbugs :-$

The way I do it is I use the Tobi steamer zap though everything. Then put my clothes inside a garbage bag and put the steamer handle inside at the bottom of the bad and let it steam the whole bag until it’s extremely hot, then I do the next lot. :-) Steam everything, but make sure electronic is unplugged. Even it takes me a whole weekend but it worth it KILL the bed bugs!

I wish I have steam gun like bazooka. Maybe someone should invent that. Bedbug Bazooka And it’s thhhhime! to declare war with The BUGS! sounds little crazy now I’ll end it right here. Hope you guys can get rid of them whatever way it takes. oh by the way, dumping the furniture and buying new isn’t gonna help to end the war against bed bugs, so don’t do that way, unless the bug poop is everywhere on the fabric and too disgusting to keep. Good Luck!

Katrina::

Hi, I really hope you can help me out. I have literally been suffering by being bitten by SOMETHING for over a year. And previous to that year I had bed bugs, and we used a well recommended canine unit / pest control company to determine and then treat with vikane gas.

then a few months later I was being bitten again. On my body, face and scalp. It’s driving me mad. I have photos attached of bites and also of two bugs I found. I am hoping you can give me a clue what this could be either by the bites or the bug. I have never found any on my bed visually. I also have had numerous canine inspections since the, and they found nothing.

But yet I am still getting bitten and feeling quite desperate. Please reply as soon as you can. The worst is that even after I tell my doctor or pest control this they tend to just treat me like they don’t believe me, it’s very frustrating.

I have attached several photos of bites and 2 bugs. The bites are shown on my face and on my lower back.

Thanks,

Katrina

Amanda::

How soon after being bit do you actually see bed bugs?

Katrina Z.::

Hi. I posted on Sept. 13 and never got a reply from anyone. Look on that date for Katrina with photos. Please I have been suffering for over a year with this. Any opinions regarding my situation would help. Please read what I have posted. I’m quite desperate.

Katrina Z.

Kathy::

The best way to get rid of them, is to first put all your clothing and blankets in bags, separated by color etc. Put them aside, oh and there are services that give your clothing etc an extra hot wash.

What I did was purchase a spray specifically for bed bugs which worked radically, and sprayed all over, on mattresses, couches, carpeting, making sure to get nooks, crannies, corners, spray your insides of your shoes too.

then used the hot steam cleaner and did my couches, mattresses, underneath them.. and the carpet. It takes a while, and you get sweaty but it’s worth it.

Unfortunately, if you have wood slats for your mattresses, you need to either heat steam and spray the heck out of them, all the holes, cracks, corners.. a few times, or just get rid of them. They can hide in cracks n stuff. Metal is better, and even then, put Vaseline around the lower part of the legs, so they can’t crawl up them.

After you have sprayed, and then steamed everything…then you can vacuum and make sure to throw away vacuumed up stuff in a separate bag and throw away, far away.. or what I did was flush it.

THEN: using a hot steamer, shampoo your carpets.

If you are a hoarder, you may as well just move. but if you can get rid of all needless items do so. They can hide anywhere. After a days rest, then it’s time to go through your closets with bed bug spray. Steam them out too. Wash ALL clothes n stuff,

I actually did it a second time, the next day for good measure… vacuumed, heat steamed and then sprayed.. but I was getting a bit paranoid! I’d see a dark fleck and think it was a bug but it wasn’t.. :)

anyway.. it’s a lot of work but worth it and I didn’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on a service.

AFTER all is done, and until you know you’ve gone through everything and get on with life… when you change your clothes, do not just throw them on the floor. You must immediately put your used or dirty clothes in plastic bags and tie them. Use hot water when you can.

and before leaving on vacation, or even just for the day… I would respray everywhere… well, at least for that first month.

Hope that helps!
I think that’s about it.

Super Paranoid or is it a Bed Bug Bite?::

I woke up on a Saturday with two red bumps on my index finger, which is the hand I tend to have sticking out when I sleep. On Sunday I woke up with two other pairs of similar red bumps that itched. On Monday I woke up with another pair on my elbow, but this time on my right arm. I went to the doctor and he swore it was a mosquito or spider bite. I checked my mattress and found pepper looking grains, but it was flaky and it doesn’t spread.
I also found a bug, but its dry and dead… What do you think it could be and where can I send it to be tested? I have not found anything else. Spending the night on my couch. I have a picture of my bites. I can email them to too because I can’t figure out how to post them on here. =(

Bites::

Man! I know how you feel and worse of all is when you tell people, then don’t believe you. The first time I got bed bug bites was horrible that I didn’t believe it was bed bugs, at first! Trust me, I went through hell. I thought it was that time of year – the flu season. I found a few red bumps on my arms and leg and passed it off thinking it was the spiders that bite me and perhaps it will go away with due time.

The first time I was bitten, was a year ago. So, I woke up in the middle of the night and my arms started to itch hard like crazy. I was still very drowsy and needed to sleep, but then my hands started to burn really hot like on fire after the itch. It was December so my room was freezing cold anyway. I just rubbed it until I fell back to sleep. Seriously I was sleepy and rubbing it help distract my brain that it was burning. When morning came, I hopped out of bed, but then I dropped dead to the floor. My body wouldn’t move after and I burned with a fever. I ended up sleeping on the floor until my fever calmed down. I was alone in the house at this point.

That day, my body slowly swelled from the head down to my feet. When night came (still thought it was not the bed bugs), I slept in that same bed. Then next day I look like a deformed monster, my brother had said. I looked into the mirror and did see one.

The following year I moved. Still get bites from time to time, but they got better in due time. Now I just itch under the skin.

Mortified::

So I’m like 98% sure we have bed bugs, i have bites that swell and itch uncontrollably. I have found bugs on our wall and googled them which looks exactly like a bed bug. I called the manager of the apartment building and told them about it, nothing has been done. I know that cleanliness isn’t an issue with bed bugs, but I feel like I need to say that we are extremely clean people, and have never in our lives lived with bugs so this is mortifying! I have a 1 1/2 yr old son and he’s getting bitten and I’m helpless.

For those of you with children the worst possible feeling is not being able to help your child. I have considered moving, even have a place lined up and waiting for this weekend. I’m conflicted about moving because obviously I am scared about bringing them with us. I have called exterminators and googled to take preventive measures so I wouldn’t be bringing them, but I am so paranoid. I don’t want to be the person that bring bed bugs to another building and ruin the lives of other people. What should I do? Any suggestions??

Angela::

I was at home depot today and saw a non- toxic way to get rid of insects. You plug it into your wall and it makes a noise only insects can hear and it kills them almost instantly. Has anyone tried it yet? I just purchased one because I thought my dog might have fleas. I figured these might be the bites I am seeing on my 3year old. Now looking at these pictures, I’m thinking it could be bed bugs. I will let you know how well it works!

lucy::

hi i woke up this morning and i had all these spots on my legs and they are really itchy and I don’t know if they are bed bugs.

i got them on my thigh back and front and on my legs back and front plus i got them on my feet but just the front then i noticed that i got 3 of them under my left arm-pit so I’m a bit curious.

I went to go have a look under my sheets an i saw all of these little dots but then i saw a little thing that looked like a tiny bug but it was skwushed.

At first we thought it was mosquito but I’m still really curious about what this is and they a read so i put some salve on it [it’s a cream that gets the bacteria away/out]and they went down a little bit so could you if you can please send me an Email asap!
thank you

afraid to sleep::

I am grossed out, disgusted and embarrassed. Please help me!!!!!!!

I am a single mother who makes a living as a Sales Agent. I am in peoples homes ALL THE TIME!! I can go far back as the 11th of Dec and I know I didn’t have any bites then!

On the 12th of Dec I went to a home in Midland and they were young kids who weren’t the cleanest … ( i know cleanliness has nothing to do with bed bugs). Later that week, on my forearms only but both arms.. I started to have what I thought was an allergic reaction to something causing me hives and like a fool, i scratched and scratched causing open wounds.

My forearms became a mess, and I would wear long sleeves to hide them… I have for the past week or so been treating the bites with hydrocortizone cream and now they are healing but scaring … OMG!

I now am putting on scar zone – a silocone cream to diminish the scars that are going to be there.

I have thoroughly cleaned my room, and encased my boxspring and mattress, I have vacuumed everywhere, window ledges, baseboards, light fixtures, pictures, mattress, bedframe etc… I have put every piece of clothing i own in garbage bags and have just started to rewash everything, and keeping the clean clothes in garbage bags… my room is full of bags…I bought new pillows washed bedding all in hot water and dried on hot temp… NOW WHAT??? WAIT?

I cant take it anymore, the past 3 weeks has driven me crazy … nobody else has gotten bitten just me … so i don’t know if they’re anywhere else in the house or just my room.

I am becoming paranoid, i barely sleep (afraid too) I awake to turn on the lights and have a look around.. I am grossed out at the thought of having these things on me …

I cant afford an exterminator ($400-600) I already called to ask and I don’t know what else to do… I wish there was a live chat room somewhere that you can talk to people and get answers right away..

Please help …

Karen::

I woke up to two smushed bugs, dark brown and round around 2-3 mm long on 12/06 but thought they were too small to be bed bugs.

Yesterday morning, 1/04, I noticed a row of red marks across my torso back – 6-9 bite marks as shown in the picture below. Again inspected and vacuumed/washed bed and bedding as I did the first instance.

Could I have brought in the 1-2 bugs mid-December and just now see evidence of bites from those two? Or is it more likely I have others hiding that fed more recently?

I live in LA and have not traveled recently. I did have a job that week of Dec 6 and a disheveled looking valet was parking my car. Could be from that driver or the office itself, right?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Karen

Jennifer::

My son stayed at my ex laws a week ago and the next day the school called with him having this ‘rash’. Could this be?

My nephews were there the week before and one was covered head to toe with a rash similar where as the other only had 2 spots on each elbow. No one else has gotten them, even the ex inlaws.

But tonight they say they found two small ones crawling on my ex father inlaw.

Should I be super worried about them coming to me house? None of the kids have gotten anymore bites.

Help please, I’m freaking out…

Jen

Karen::

Thanks, Jim!

I had a PCO inspect my bed, and there isn’t anything he could see. I’ll stay on the look out for any signs.

Bed Bug Girl::

Hi Jennifer,

Yes, it’s very possible the ones biting you were in your mattress and that sealing them will prevent this from happening again while the bed bug dust will kill those that remain. It’s important you do another round of dusting in the weeks to come to make sure you get any infants that recently hatched!

Please keep us up to date on the results, will you?

Thanks!

Jennifer::

I have some bites on me that just randomly appear sometimes.

They are really itchy also and I am the only one getting them. Sometimes I can feel something biting me and then I will start to itch and there will be a big welt there.

Can some one please help me!

Cashawnda::

I recently started getting these red welts after I woke up one morning

i went to my mother in laws and they called after I left and said they had bed bugs and that her husband had the same bites….I’ve since come home and am waking up to find more and more….

although I am the only one in the house or that bed that is getting bites. I’ve not found any sign of them but can you please help….these are itchy and I’m going nuts! Please get back to me asap…

Sasha::

Hi,

I’ve been feeling biting sensation and then noticed these two bites. Are they bed bug bites?

Many thanks in advance for your advice.

Kind regards;
Sasha

Sasha::

Many thanks for your advice, much appreciated. I went to the dermatologist today and whilst they could not confirm nor deny that it was either a spider/bug bite, they could confirm that the rest of the “crawling, itching” sensation I had been feeling was Hives brought on from possibly an insect bite, or a few other sources ranging to the un-known. That may be some advice worth giving to those commenter’s that cannot find any trace of bugs yet still feel that every “crawling feeling” every evening. I have been prescribed Xyzal every day for a month and Luxiq topical foam

Living in NYC and within an epidemic of Bed Bug infestation your website is a source of information, knowledge and sharing which believe it or not is also a source of comfort. Great website and great job.

Kind regards,

Sasha

Bed Bug Girl::

Hi Carole,

Could this be scabies mite? check out badspiderbites.com/scabies/

If you find out, please write back and let us know will you?

Thanks!

Kym::

Hello,

I was hoping someone could tell me if these are bed bug bites or not?:)

Thank you,

Kym.

Kristen::

Hi,

So I was just at Disney World in FL for the College Dance and Cheer Nationals we got back on Monday the 16th. Since then I’ve noticed little red bumps on my neck, arms and back.

I am currently sitting in a school building waiting for my class to start at 2:30 and decided I’d call and ask my mom who suggested bed bugs and to call the girls that were in my room.

I’ve heard back from all but 1 of them and none of them have these bumps. You get this a lot but I’m freaking out because we won and were in the news paper and all this stuff and now I might have bed bugs. My mom said if I do I have to contact my landlord and I’ve slept at my boy friends and a friends house and I dunno please let me know what to do

Thank you,

Kristen

Update: 1/19/12

I posted yesterday about the bumps on my neck, I went to the doctor and he took one look and said they were bed bug bites. After my panic attack of what I do about my apartment he spoke with me about every thing.

I stated my suitcase was on the suitcase rack and away from the bed and never physically came in contact with the bed but the clothes in it obviously did. I live in Fargo, ND and the windchill is -30 today so he told me to throw my suit case on the deck for a few days and that will kill them off, also he said bag up anything the came in contact with the suitcase or clothes from it and do a load of laundry so Id have clothes to last me 4 days. So I got home and loaded all my clothes from my dresser (thankfully didnt hang anything from the suitcase) and put them in plastic bags out on my deck.

So now my question is, my suitcase was unloaded on my bedroom floor then shoved in the corner of my room it was close to my closet but did not touch any clothing. How worried do I need to be that I brought bugs home with me? And what can I do to prevent them from multiply now rather than waiting till there is a lot of them and I physically can see they are there? (I searched my whole bed, box, and dust ruffle and didnt see anything which would make sense since the suitcase never came in contact with the bed)

Also the Doctor said to take benadryl to reduce the irritation, your body is having a reaction to the bite and the allergy meds will help reduce the discomfort. And then to ice the big bad ones to reduce swelling, then sit and wait it out.

Thank you

Stacy::

2 bites: one on my hand and forearm.

My doctor told me these weren’t consistent with bed bug bites and that I could be having an allergic reaction to something.

The next day I found the bedbug!

Kevin::

Hi Cheri,

That’s looks like just the bites a bed bug would leave, but I would not jump to that conclusion from one set of bites. It’s impossible to tell what bit your son from the picture, but if it keeps happening, I’d start looking and begin to worry at that point.

Amanda::

I spent the night at a motel for one night, 2 nights ago and when I woke up I had a single bite. I woke up the next morning, in my own bed mind you and I have about 15 bites altogether but only on my arms! I’m so confused and a bit creeped out right now because I hate the fact that this is something I wont be able to get rid of! I live with my mother, father and sister.. and we have 4 cats. Please please help me! I’m itchy all over my body just with the thought of it and I don’t want anyone else in the house getting anything :(

Victoria::

Help, about once a month for the past six months I have been waking to find one or two bites on my left arm. I vacuum my room and bed once a week and wash my sheets in hot water and dry everything on high heat.
I have gone over every inch of my bed looking for bed bugs and their droppings but have not found any evidence of the little biters any where.
This morning I woke to find six new bites to accompany the 2 I had received at the begining of January – I had cleaned my room, bed and bedding saturday.
What the heck have I got that keeps biting me?

Jane::

Hello, I’m writing from my cell phone.

I just read a little from your article on the internet and wanted to know if you could tell me if these bites are from bedbugs?

The picture is shown to the right.

Please tell me,

Thanks!

Bed Bug Girl::

Hi Barbara, you are correct that you would need a large infestation to bite you this many times! I do no believe it’s bed bugs based on your comment and I would see a doctor to determine what the rash is. You could also visit Drmom4you.com and ask her what might be causing this (share the link to your image with her) – she’s a real doctor who pays it forward by offering free help through her website. Will you do all of us a favor? Why you find out, will you leave a comment or send me an email with the results? Thanks!

Bugged::

I can’t seem to get a decent picture of my bug bites since the swelling of the bumps is starting to go down. There were a few random bites and then a cluster of bites on my arm. The reason I questioned if they were bed bug bites is because all the pictures I see of bed bug bites are red bumps, whereas mine are colorless. I was thinking maybe spider bites, but I didn’t think they bit in clusters. Anyways, thanks for your time. I really hope you can help me out.

stacey::

hello my nephew and I our on a trip in costa rica…. we both have bites in a line on our lower legs, there not itchy (or were for maybe a day) and not really raised also we don’t seem to be getting more but at the same time getting concerned. can you offer anything thanks

jenna::

so I stayed the nite at a family members house n slept on thd couch. i woke up to red spots all over my body. the only place they arent on is my tummy. i keep getting mixed reactions sum people say they r bed bug bites then other people say it doesnt. wat i dont get is how could it b bed bugs n im the only one that got bit. my family members who live there have no problems no bites or nothing. but here i am covered with bites all over my.body. cant that happen

Jena – It may simply be that you are more sensitive to the bites. Many people get bitten whiles others do not, even in the same bed!

Jim::

Those could be bed bugs but based on what you say, it seems more likely like a trapped spider or something else. Have you had any other bites since this one?

Beth::

I awoke on Saturday morning to find these bites all over my shoulder and a few on my waistline.

I had been outside but not in any grassy areas. I have dogs and one has been in and out of the brush on the edge of the yard. I am terrified this could be bed bugs. Then Sunday morning I discovered 5 more bites under my left breast and a couple sporadic ones on my back.

I turned my room upside down and found nothing. Not in screw holes of the bedside table, inside of drawers, along the baseboards, etc. My mattress and box springs were totally clear also. Even so I’ve removed them from the house until I can get a new bed. My daughter sleeps with me and she’s got no bites at all.

What’s worrying me is the pattern and quantity of these bites and that they appeared all at once. I’ve not traveled in over a year or spent a night outside my home in months. Does this look like bed bug bites or more likely chiggers based on my findings? Please help…

I am totally freaking out!!

katie::

About a month ago i woke up with an enormous amount of very itchy bites around my body. i had about 90 when i tried to count them! i had them in clusters on my shoulders, back, sides of my stomach, all down my legs, and a large amount on my ankles (i counted 25 bites on just one ankle) they were small pink lumps, but only grew to about 2cm if you itched them, we went through thinking they were bed bugs, fleas, ants, but never really got to the bottom of it.

its been just over a month, they don’t itch anymore, yet i still have the lumps/scars. just wondering if anyone knows what they were>?

Jin::

Please help!!!

I found your e-mail from badbedbug.com and need help so bad.

I recently found lots of small red bumps on my upper back and it is very confusing me whether these are bed bug bites or just allergy reaction.

I came back from Asia two days ago with my husband. I was with my husband during the trip but he hasn’t found any red bumps yet but me. Mines are also found only on my upper back area and it’s not itchy at all.

Could you check the picture I attached and if it looks like bed bug bites? I have no idea although I’ve checked so many articles about bed bug.

Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jin

Alice::

Help please, I’m so paranoid that I can’t sleep! For the past 3 months my boyfriend has had a nasty infestation at his apartment that the landlord keeps treating, but somehow the bugs keep coming back. When ever I go there I make sure not to bring in any bags or anything and I always put my clothes in the wash right away. However, this afternoon I noticed one bite on my right shoulder, and two more on my underarm, I haven’t been to his house in four days. Could these be latent bites (I have been bitten many times at his place in the past). I’ve tried inspecting my mattress for bugs, fecal matter and exoskeletons, but I haven’t found anything. Please help me!

Angel::

how do i know if there are bed bugs? I researched and saw pictures but i don’t know if just researching it and pictures are enough. please advise me on how i can detect if their are bedbugs. haven’t been bitten, no rashes or welts of any kind but have seen a few bugs, but don’t know if they are bed bugs. we live in a very modern housing edition and clean too. We have just discovered little critters hanging around, some are in the carpet, when we step on carpet bugs are visible, but when lifting foot of off floor completely the bugs vanish. So with pressure the bugs are visible. I’m wondering if these are bed bugs and need to re carpet the house before they get in our beds if they haven’t already. please, please advise quickly.

Andy::

Hello,
I found a bug under my sons dust ruffle, but I don’t know if it is a be bug. I have looked at many pictures but I’m still not sure. It does look somewhat flat and rusty colored with the six legs and the two antennes. The only thing is that on most of the pics I have saw their looks to be a small head sperate from the body. The bug I found looks to be one piece(if that makes since)? In stead of being oval it looks more like oblong. It was dead when I found it and I put it in a ziplock plastic bag. Could someone please tell me where and how to submitt a picture of it? I am so scared I have them now!!!
Thanks

Sharon C.::

If you had bed bugs, would you wake daily with bites? Would one have more than just one bite? Are bed bugs hard to see?

Ross::

Hello bed bug girl. I was wondering if you could help me.

My 5 year old woke up today covered in bumps. It was not many but it was from her forehead to her feet as shown in the pictures below. [click on image to see close up]

She had them on her hands, one arm, head, nose, chin and one on her foot.

Can someone maybe take a look at them and see if they are bed bug bites?

I did remove her bedding and checked her bed but could not find anything.

Thanks for any advice.

nikki::

Hi. I sent you a pic way back in March and you said it was a bed bug. We didn’t see anymore for months after that and now we’re seeing them again, after a neighbor had a bug person at their house. Mostly in my living room, I just opened a book from the library and one crawled (i should say sprinted) across the page. I have checked the bed and couch out very well – no evidence of infestation. But I’ve been getting bit by something the past couple of days. My house is concrete so I don’t think they can live in the walls, my cat used to go outdoors but hasn’t in about a month. Where are these suckers at??? How do I get rid of them? If I take laundry to someone else’s house with the bugs travel with it? Thanks!

Sherry higgin::

I was wondering if the marks on me are from bedbugs …I’ve looked in all the bed mattresses and sheets and i see no evidence of bedbugs. The are bright red and look like a mole. They are tiny and not in groups. Just here and there. Please respond and easy my mind hopefully.

Jim::

Hi Christy,

See how those bites appear in a line (look at those three right next to each other on your leg), those are what bed bugs look like. It certainly could be something else, but their appearance and the fact that you stayed in a cabin hints strongly that they may be bed bug bites. [Note: We receive a lot of complaints of bed bugs in cabins!]

I’d take that sleeping bag out of your car, open it up over a clean white sheet outside and see if anything falls out. If you have access to the cabin, you could revisit it and look for signs of bugs (see my bedbed check list).

If they are bed bug bites they should be healing up by now. If they do heal up and you end up with more bites, then look at that checklist and search your bedroom.

Let us know what you find out!

Jim