Bed bugs..can you see them?

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can u see them in the bed/mattress? where do they hide in the bed? has anybody actually seen these bed bugs? I am so parnoid about these bugs

Answer 1

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Adult bedbugs are more visible, but the "children" are tiny and still can be seen if a person looks closely where a "nest" is found. Check around the seems of your mattress, carefully inspecting each inch, top and bottom, lifting up the seems as you go around. You might notice one hiding .. ONE IS A PROBLEM. or you might come across a nest even. You'll see their droppings if they're there. If the problem is out of hand with many nests it will be very difficult to get under control and you might consider just tossing out the mattress .. but WASH EVERY STITCH OF FABRIC YOU HAVE IN THE HOME .. INCLUDING THE DRAPES IN BOILING HOT WATER TO KILL THE BUGS THAT MIGHT BE THERE because the problem will just seep back into any new matress you purchase. TheY didn't just appear out of nowhere into the mattress, and are most likely hiding in cracks and crevices around the home .. including inside clocks, tvs, radios .. they just need a tiny space to hide in and are hard to crush so get your home FUMIGATED if you find even one and VACCUUM VACCUUM VACCUUM REGULARLY even if you don't have an infestation at the moment.

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Answer 2

No,you cannot see bed bugs. they hide in the stuffing.Bed bugs are microscopic so you can't see them..they live in asian countries though.unless you sleep in straw then you shouldn't have a problem

Answer 3

No you cannot see them. Your mattress will double its weight in 10 years from the little critters, so they are definitely there. Buying a new mattress, and using a mattress cover helped me get over that factoid.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

if your mattress is older than 3 years,,you've got the bed bugs,,,,,no,,no one can see them ,,they are very micro,,but one can feel their droppings when you take the sheet off and run your hands in the seam along the edge....vac the mattress regularly..and try lysol even tho it doesn't kill them,,it will keep their smell down,,nothing one can do about them except buy a new mattress every year or two.....

Answer 6

you can also buy Acrosan from bissell which you can spray and also use to sprinkle on your mattress then vaccum it. the spray formula can be sprayed onto clean pillows or on vaccumed mattress' and will kill dust mites for up to 2 weeks. it is a new product from bissell so i reccomend checking out their website before you go to the store!

Answer 7

yes they look like roaches. they get very big. one way that you can get rid of them, it sounds very strange but turn the lights off and wait about 5 minutes or so flip them on and take a bar of soap and press it on top of them. you will catch them that way. you will see them. they hide in the matress so the only way to not worry about it is to get a new mattress. But if you don't have bugs litterally crawling in your bed you don't have them.