Bed Bugs Photos, Bites and Rashes

Bedbugs are small brown or tan critters with six legs and two antenna. They can be 3/16 of an inch long when fully grown, about the size of an apple seed.

Do you suspect bed bugs in your mattress? Bed bug mattress covers may be your best solution!

Bedbugs become become engorged, reddish-brown and round after a meal; that meal would be your blood.

Bedbugs are hitchhikers, they get into your house by clinging on to clothing, shoes, handbags and upholstered furniture. Once they're in our house, they can live up to eight months without "eating". The tiny bugs breed quickly and if you don't treat for bedbugs quickly, you'll have a major infestation on your hands. Experts say 40 bed bugs today will be 6000 in 6 months!

Bedbugs don't have to live on mattresses, they can also live in furniture and in walls. Here is what bedbugs look like on a mattress.

Bed bugs start off as eggs than grow through different stages of Larva. An adult bedbug can be 5.5 mm long and can lay 5 eggs a day.

Bedbugs feast at night and their meal is unfortunately your body. These parasites are blood suckers. Some people notice red bite marks on their bodies while others suffer allergic, hives reactions to the bedbug bites.

Not only to bedbugs bite, but they can cause hives and welts that can be extremely itchy.