One of the most common misconceptions about bed bugs is that they only hide in people’s beds. This is an understandable mistake, as it’s right there in their name. However, bed bugs are so tiny that they can hide almost anywhere! A fully grown adult bed bug is about the size of an apple seed,…
There is a lot of speculation about what kind of environment bed bugs prefer. For example, there’s a persistent rumor that bed bugs prefer dirty or messy homes. In actuality, bed bugs are attracted to living, breathing humans, not dirt or mess. However, it’s said that bed bugs prefer dark colors to light colors, and…
False information about bed bugs can spread even faster than the bed bugs themselves do. Can they fly? Can you get rabies from a bed bug bite? Do they even exist, or are they just a bedtime warning made up to scare children? Spoiler alert: none of these myths are true! There are plenty more…
Bed bugs are devious little pests, and they seem to spread pretty quickly, despite humans’ best efforts to keep them under control. They can crawl through cracks in walls, hide in books, and fit into the tiniest spaces. Bed bugs in apartments are a huge problem because they can crawl through tiny cracks from unit…
