In this episode Jeff will explain the areas on a bed you should inspect if you want to inspect your bed for bed bugs. As information spreads about bed bug infestations on the rise, more and more people want to inspect their bed for bed bugs. This episode will walk you through a bed inspection and the critical areas you should look if you want to inspect your bed for bed bugs. Please be aware that a visual inspection can be unreliable when trying to detect low level infestations of bed bugs. Therefore, if you perform an inspection and don’t find any bed bugs, it does not necessarily mean you don’t have bed bugs in your home. A knowledgeable professional should always be contacted if you think you may have bed bugs.
How to Inspect a Bed for Bed Bugs
– March 22, 2010Posted in: All Episodes, Bed Bug Basics, Detection, Do It Yourself, Prevention
I have just discovered my daughter friend has bed bugs. What is the chance of becoming infested if she comes over my house?
Thanks Jeff for the great video on checking for bedbugs. Can you tell me (or take me) to a site that will tell me what to look for when I check-in to a hotel room? It gives me the creeps thinking I may be bringing bedbugs back to my house. And, I also can't imagine turning the mattress and box spring over, or should I ?
It would have been very helpful had the video shown an example of an infested box spring or mattress. I know how to look over the mattress; I need to know what to look for.
How do I inspect a bed at a hotel / motel, before I get into it?
D.J. Rhode
Jeff, thanks for the informative session at the Big 10 Housing Officers meeting. I've taken a lot of notes and found the presentation to be very helpful and easy to follow
Once bugs are found how should they be dealt with?
Great information. I am going to try exactly what you have put in your video….
Thanks for sharing. I think we may have them brought to us from our daughter which lives in San Francisco and they tell us bed bugs are going crazy there.
Do bed bugs feed exclusively on human blood. – If so, how long could they live without it ? – After a deep cleaning of an appartement, including clothing etc, if we leave the apt for, say, 2 weekds, would it help ????