How Can You Tell Bed Bugs

Blood stains on your sheets or pillowcases.Dark or rusty spots of bedbug excrement on sheets and mattresses, bed clothes, and walls.Bedbug fecal spots, egg shells, or shed skins in areas where bedbugs hide.An offensive, musty odor from the bugs’ scent glands.

How can I tell if we have bed bugs?

1. Blood stains on your sheets or pillowcases.
2. Dark or rusty spots of bedbug excrement on sheets and mattresses, bed clothes, and walls.
3. Bedbug fecal spots, egg shells, or shed skins in areas where bedbugs hide.
4. An offensive, musty odor from the bugs’ scent glands.

How do you rule out bed bugs?

1. Dark specks. Typically found along mattress seams, these specks are bedbug excrement.
2. Empty exoskeletons. Bedbugs molt five times before becoming adults. …
3. Rusty or reddish stains. You may find small smears of blood on your bed sheets where you accidentally crushed a bedbug.