Knowing where these pests like to hide will help narrow your search to more specific areas.
During the day, bed bugs tend to seek out dark locations in fabric folds, cracks, and corners. Because bed bugs have tiny, flat bodies, they can hide inside crevices as small as 2 millimeters wide.
- Step 1: Examine pillows and bed sheets for bed bug fecal marks and unexplained bloodstains.
- Step 2: Remove bed sheets and check around edges, seams, tags, and underneath the mattress.
- Step 3: Remove the mattress and check crevices or indentations in the bed frame and headboard.
- Step 4: Search dressers and nightstands, especially around corners and screw holes inside drawers.
- Step 5: Check couches and seating by removing cushion covers to check inside and around the seams.
- Step 6: Remove frames and posters from the walls and check the backs.
- Step 7: Flip over rugs to check around and underneath.
- Step 8: Pull furniture away from the walls to check the backs and the baseboards.
