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It is important to recognize the signs of a bed bug infestation. The bed bug gets its name from its close association with humans and their beds. Bed bugs were introduced to the US by the early colonists. It was thought after World War II that bed bugs were eradicated in the US. In recent years, the numbers of incidents of people being bitten by bed bugs has increased exponentially in Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington and across the country.

Bed bugs are small, oval, wingless insects that reach about 1/4 inch in length. They have flat bodies and are reddish-brown in color. Bed bugs feed by sucking blood from people or animals. They do not develop wings and cannot fly. Fortunately, they are not known to carry any diseases.

Bed bugs are great hitchhikers and are easily transported. Their transmission points are points of high human occupancy like hotels, etc. Because of their flattened bodies, bed bugs hide in small crevices, particularly those associated with mattresses, box springs, bed frames and headboards. In addition, they may be carried as stowaways in luggage, furniture, clothing and boxes when these are moved between hotels, homes and apartments.

Under normal conditions, bed bugs can live for over 300 days. The female bed bug lays up to 5 eggs a day. These eggs are approximately 1 mm long, white and are glued in protected cracks and crevices. A female can lay over 500 eggs in her lifetime.

Usually people do not see bed bugs because the pests hide during the day. At night, bed bugs become active and are attracted to sleeping people and animals.

Bed bugs do not build nests but they do tend to congregate in habitual hiding places.These areas are marked by dark spotting and staining, which is the dried excrement of the bugs. You can also find eggs and eggshells, cast skins of nymphs and even the bugs themselves.

Another likely sign of a bed bug infestation is the presence of rusty or reddish spots of blood on bed sheets, mattresses and walls.

They may also be found along the edge of and under wall-to-wall carpet, behind pictures, switchplates and outlets, in clothing and inside clocks, televisions, phones and smoke detectors.

A sign of being bitten is the presence of small, red, itchy bumps on the skin.

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