Bed Bug Bites

The bites usually look red and swollen with a dark red center or there may.

Bed bug bites.

Bed bugs are wingless oval shaped insects. Bed bug bites occur most commonly on exposed skin such as the upper body neck arms and shoulders. Bed bug bites appear as red itchy bumps on the skin usually on the arms or shoulders and are typically the first sign that you have be bugs. In the daytime bed bugs often seek refuge in the cracks and crevices of furniture.

Their bodies are small and flat and can be very hard to detect in your home. Because of the way they mate they multiply in size while breeding. Studies show that they have a preference of biting the skin around the eyelids and such areas as the neck face feet and arms. Many people do not react at all.

A department of health report claimed that if forty are placed in a room with a mild. Some individuals who are bitten by bed bugs develop itching red welts or swelling the day after being bitten. Does this picture of bed bug bites look familiar. However bites may not become obvious for several days or at all on some individuals.

The bites often appear in a zig zag formation but may appear in a straight line if the bugs bite you in the morning.