A bed bug found beside your pillow did not begin its journey in the mattress. It did not appear because the sheets went too long without washing, either. Somewhere before […]

A bed bug can feed on someone who is sleeping without the person noticing what is happening. Hours or even days later, however, the skin may become itchy, irritated, swollen, […]

A tiny brown creature on a bedsheet can trigger two very different worries. One points toward a household infestation. The other raises questions about outdoor exposure and tickborne disease. Before […]

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 […]