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It can be tough to know if you have bed bugs or another pest, like ticks or termites. Are you noticing red bite marks on your body, an awful sickly-sweet smell in the air, and/or eggshells of unknown origin? Then you might have bed bugs. Given that one in five Americans will deal with bed bugs at one stage in their life, you are not alone in having this problem.

If you want to confirm you have bed bugs, call the BBS today for a bespoke appraisal of your property.

To identify bed bugs from other species, look out for small, oval-shaped creatures around the size of a singular apple seed. They are wingless and have flat bodies, which make them easy to tell apart from other pests. Usually a reddish-brown color (though sometimes translucent during early stages of life or before feeding), bed bugs tend to be easy to separate from other common pests in the USA.

Bed bug bites can be quite hard to tell apart from other typical bites left by other pests. Some of us break out in major reactions, while for others, it can simply look a little red and inflamed. Generally, bed bug bite marks are concentrated in small areas, usually in a zig-zag or straight-line pattern, and tend to be quite itchy and easily irritated.

Bed bugs can move around quickly, covering around 4 feet of space per minute, but they also tend to breed extremely quickly. They can spread their numbers given that bed bugs produce as many as seven eggs per day, each of which hatches in around ten days, and they mature into adults within just six weeks.

You can try, but they breed at such a stellar rate and hide in so many places you cannot reach that self-removal is almost impossible beyond a certain stage. For the best results and proven success in eradicating bed bugs for 60+ days, contact us for advice.