A lot of people ask us, “How Big Are Bed Bugs?”. They can grow to the size of an apple seed and even look like one. When fully grown, they are brown, and apple seed shaped. If they have just recently fed, they can be quite large and engorged. However, in their early stages, they are very tiny, and clear if they haven’t fed yet, therefore they can be difficult to spot with the human eye. Typically, bed bugs nest close to where you sleep. They can hide in your bed, headboard, end tables, pictures, books, linen closets or anywhere within roughly 16 feet of where you sleep. If they are breeding, you will have very small, hard to spot baby bed bugs. A good magnifying glass and flashlight will help see the smaller bed bugs.

Other Signs of Bed Bugs include finding dark spots or Bed Bug Feces on your Mattress. This means you are into a fairly heavy stage of your Bed Bug Infestation. We have found a common pattern of feces spots to be in the corners or folds of a mattress. If you are at a hotel, and want to quickly check for bed bugs, look in the folds or seams of the mattress. Bed Bug Feces (shown in the pictures at the top of this page) are composed of dried blood.Usually, a bed bug will feed, and then go back to their nesting area. This is where you will see the buildup of the dark black fecal matter that they excreet within a couple hours of feeding. You may also find fecal dark blood stains on other materials, such as your wooden headboard, or night stand. These marks will usually be found relatively close to where they nest.