The appeal is obvious. Plug a small device into the wall, leave it humming silently in the corner, and let technology deal with the bed bugs while you sleep. No […]

A baby cannot tell you that a spot started itching overnight, that several new bumps appeared after a nap, or that something felt different in the crib. Parents have to […]

The fastest way to confuse bed bug bites with heat rash is to judge them only by redness and itching. Both can produce groups of small red bumps, especially after […]

A row of three or four itchy bumps can look so deliberate that it is easy to imagine a bed bug moving down your arm and biting at regular intervals. […]

A bed bug on the bathroom floor looks out of place, and in one sense it is. Bathrooms lack the main thing that makes bedrooms attractive to bed bugs: a […]

Put a bat bug beside a bed bug on a table and most people will not be able to tell which is which. That is not a failure of observation. […]

Buying a metal bed frame can seem like a clever way to give bed bugs nowhere to hide. The rails are hard, the surfaces are exposed, and there are no […]

A tiny brown insect near your bed can send you in the wrong direction surprisingly fast. Fleas and bed bugs both feed on blood, both can leave itchy bites, and […]

Pregnancy changes the way we would approach a bed bug problem, but not because bed bugs suddenly become a different kind of pest. The bigger consideration is treatment. A desperate […]

Not seeing a bed bug is weak evidence that a room is clear. Bed bugs spend much of their time concealed, and a small population gives you relatively few opportunities […]