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How Can You Determine if You Have Bed Bugs

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How Can You Determine if You Have Bed Bugs

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  1. Alexandria Pest Services How Can You Determine if You Have Bed Bugs www.alexandriapestservice.com

  2. Introduction: If you’re searching your home for bed bugs during the day, you probably won’t find them just by looking around. Not only do these small insects only venture out at night when we’re asleep, they’re also quite skilled at hiding themselves in the tiniest of cracks and crevices. However, it’s important to be able to confirm whether or not there are bed bugs in your home, and to catch an infestation early.

  3. Here are some things you can do to better be able to spot bed bugs in broad daylight: Search Beds and Furniture with a Flashlight: When searching for bed bugs during the day, start at the bed and be sure to check nearby furniture, walls, and items. Typically, bed bugs have the highest likelihood of being found within 6 feet of the bed, although there are plenty of exceptions. Using a flashlight, inspect every gap, crevice, or seam around your bed. Bed bugs try to hide themselves deep inside narrow spaces, so a flashlight will help you see them.

  4. Physical actions like flipping your sheets and mattress can disturb any bed bugs in hiding, making it easier for you to notice them as they crawl away. Pay extra attention to the corners and seams around the edge, which is where bed bugs are most likely to be hiding. Flip your mattress over carefully and check underneath as well.

  5. Probe Cracks and Crevices with a Card: Bed bugs can hide in cracks and crevices as narrow as 2 millimeters. That’s why you should slide a thin, rigid card through any gaps that you can’t see all the way into, with a flashlight for extra visibility. Slowly slide the card through each crack or crevice near your bed. If there are live bed bugs hiding within, you’ll be able to spot them as they try to flee.

  6. Declutter: Although bed bugs aren’t necessarily attracted by clutter, a messy room makes it harder for you to search for them. Boxes, books, clothes, and children’s toys can all become potential harbors for bed bugs. Please note that you shouldn’t take anything out of the room immediately, as you might inadvertently move your bed bugs to a different room to infest. As you declutter the room, keep the lights on and open curtains to let sunlight in to help you see bed bugs scattering about when their hiding spots are disturbed.

  7. Contact Alexandria Pest Services for Your Pest Control Needs: +1 703-923-0925 www.alexandriapestservice.com 6715 Backlick Rd # 210, Springfield, VA 22150, United States

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