The words “silica gel” usually bring to mind the tiny packets packed inside shoe boxes, electronics, and medicine bottles. That creates an odd situation with bed bugs because silica really […]

Seeing a bed bug bite change from red to purple can make an ordinary-looking welt suddenly seem much more serious. The difficult part is that “purple” can describe several different […]

A couch creates an awkward bed bug problem because most of the places that need attention are not the surfaces you normally see. Pull off the cushions and there are […]

Finding a bed bug near an electrical outlet can make the situation look stranger than it really is. There is nothing about electricity that a bed bug needs to survive. […]

Heat absolutely can kill bed bugs, but a hot room and a lethal bed bug temperature are not the same thing. A thermometer sitting in open air might show an […]

Everything else compared on this site is at least an animal. Mold isn’t even that. It’s a fungus, and confusing it with a bed bug problem means looking for the […]

Yes. Bed bugs have developed substantial resistance to several insecticides, particularly pyrethroids. In one documented population, the resistance ratio reached 1,235,000-fold for permethrin and 370,000-fold for deltamethrin compared with a […]

Bed bug stains on sheets usually fall into two different categories. Rusty or reddish stains can appear when a bed bug is crushed, while small dark spots can be bed […]

Yes, a flashlight can help you find bed bugs, especially in seams, folds, cracks, and other dark hiding places. For the smallest bugs and eggs, hold the beam almost parallel […]