Throwing away bed bug-infested furniture is not always necessary. Mattresses, couches, clothing, and other belongings can sometimes be treated successfully, and removing furniture carelessly can spread bed bugs through hallways, […]

Bed bug stains on bedding are usually dark fecal spots containing digested blood or rusty-red marks left when a recently fed bug is crushed. These marks commonly appear on sheets, […]

A mattress cover can either trap bed bugs or do almost nothing to contain them, depending on what type of cover it is. A complete bed bug encasement surrounds the […]

A bed bug detector is useful only if it improves your chances of finding an infestation that would otherwise be easy to miss. The main choices are passive interceptor traps, […]

Getting through bed bug treatment only to find another bug can make it feel as though you are back at the beginning. You may not be. What matters is where […]

The chigger that bites you is living through the only stage of its life when humans are even relevant. If it completes that stage, it drops from its host and […]

One tested bed bug strain was so resistant to permethrin that researchers calculated a resistance ratio of about 1,235,000-fold compared with a susceptible reference strain. That extraordinary number is real, […]

Boric acid can kill bed bugs when they ingest it, but that finding does not make borax powder an effective bed bug treatment. In the most relevant peer-reviewed experiment, bed […]

Getting rid of bed bugs in a car starts with careful inspection, vacuuming, and treating removable belongings separately. What you shouldn’t rely on is a particular dashboard or cabin temperature […]

Bleach is a powerful household disinfectant, but that doesn’t make it a proven bed bug treatment. Claims online range from bleach instantly killing adults and eggs to bleach having little […]