Bed Bugs and Their Bites - Don't let the Bed Bug Bite

Bed bug bites look and feel like mosquito bites. The bites are itchy red bumps.

Bed bug bites have a distinctive pattern of 3 lines called “breakfast, lunch, and dinner”. This is because a bed bug makes a meal of your blood!

Since over 80% of bed bug infestations are found in the mattress or box spring, the best way to avoid bed bug bites is to protect your bedding with quality bed bug encasement products.

• Bed Bug Bites
  Read a detailed description of bed bug bites and whether or not bed bug bites transmit disease
   
• Bed Bug Habits and History
  Read Dr. Barry Galitzer, MD, Dermatologist's article about these blood-sucking insects. The article also describes what bed bug bites look like
   
• Inspect Your Home For Bed Bugs
  Get advice about how to search for bed bugs. Bite marks on your family members is a clear sign that you have bed bugs
   
• Bed Bug Detection
  How do I know if I’ve got bed bugs? One sure way of knowing if you have bed bugs is seeing bed bug bite marks o your body. Learn about other ways to detect if you have bed bugs
   
• UC Berkeley’s Gail Getty Provides Hotel and Other Housing Operators with Valuable Tips
  Read the advise of by leading bed bug expert and entomologist Gail Getty, from the University of California at Berkeley. Gail Getty says that the number of law suits against hotels and other types of hospitality based facilities, over bed bug bites, are skyrocketing
   
• Bed Bug Protection Features
  Learn about how to protect against bed bugs with bedding encasements
   
• Bed Bug Safety Tips When Renting an Apartment or a Home
  Read all about how you can keep bed bugs out of your home
   
• Bed Bugs and their Habits
  Get answers to your questions about what bed bugs look like and their feeding habits
   
• About Bed Bug Encasement
  Get answers to your questions about how to prevent bed bug bites and bed bug infestations
   
• Bed Bug Bite Photos
  See photos of bed bug bites in our Bed Bug Photo Gallery