When you decide to go on a search for bed bugs, you will want to try to look for them at night.  This is the most common time that they will come out to look for their host.  Remember that they do not feed everyday so you are not likely to see all of them at once.

Still, you can do a bit of searching for them during the day; it is just harder to find them this way.

Odd Facts About The Bed Bug To Know

Bed bugs are attracted to the carbon dioxide that humans put out when they breathe.  They are also attracted to the warmth that a person provides.

If you are bitten by a bed bug, you are likely not to feel anything for at least several hours.  It will take this long for your skin to react to the products that the bed bug will inject into you.

Some scientists believe that bed bugs can go as long as 18 months without eating any blood at all.  Although this is not common, it is thought to be possible.

In her lifetime, the female bed bug is likely to lay about 500 eggs.  This is only if she bears just five eggs per day.

When reproducing, the battle is on.  The male bed bugs will actually impale the competing males.  In doing so, he will inseminate the other male.  Then, when the other male tries to inseminate the female, he will actually inseminate the female with the other male’s secretions instead.

Although bed bugs do not like to be outdoors, they can be.  They can even climb up under wood and other materials to invade another home.  This is common in condos and in apartment complexes.

You may see a bed bug trapped inside the weaves on a woven shirt or pair of pants.  They will appear as a dark speck there and are often missed by viewers.

The hardest time to find bed bugs is during the day time.  You will find them hiding in small, hidden locations.  Here are some places to look for them:
Mattress seams and interiors, usually they are completely out of sight here.
In furniture, especially furniture that is near the bed or in the bedroom.
The bed frame can house them during the day time hours too.
Carpeting that is plush may provide enough space for them to hide.
Baseboards or in other products found in the bedroom.
Picture frames, inside of books, inside telephones, inside curtains…these are all good places that they would hide.
Sofas and other areas in which you spend a decent amount of time can harbor them.

They can hide under wall paper that has been loosened, in the cracks in the plaster on your walls, under wall coverings of all sorts, and even in your ceiling molding in your home.

Check the electrical boxes, your door frames, your windows and your window frames.

If you have wall to wall carpeting, do not forget to get under the carpeting to look for them.  Do not stop there; they are under the tack board under your carpet too.

As a general rule of thumb, the bed bug is likely to venture upward, outward and virtually anywhere that it can easily move and hide behind.  They like to be out of sight and out of light, so look for them to hide.

The heaviest infestations can allow them to be seen more often.  Of course the last thing you want is to have more bed bugs to deal with!  In this case, they can be seen in larger groups and are often more visible because of this.

Generally speaking a bed bug will stay within 100 feet or so of its host.  Usually it feeds when the host is lying still such as at night.  They only need to feed once every five to ten days, so this allows them to travel from place to place between feedings.  They can be found virtually any place in the home, office or other dwelling.

There are several other types of bed bugs that should be mentioned.  These are from the same family as the bed bugs that we have talked about, but they are a bit different in their reactions and where they will live.

Leptocimex Boueti:  In this form of bed bugs, the bed bug is found in the tropical areas of West Africa as well as being found in South America.  This bed bug will also infest bats as well as its human preferences.
Cimex Pilosellus and Cimex Pipistrella are two forms of bed bugs that generally infest bats throughout the bat population in virtually all areas in which the bat is found.
Haematosiphon Inodora:  This is the type of bed bug that is found in North America.  Yet, this bed bug prefers to invest poultry instead of infected humans.
Oeciacus:  This is not completely that of a bed bug, but shares many of the same characteristics and is commonly thought of as a bed bug.  In this species, the pest will infest more birds than it will the human population.  It can be commonly found throughout locations in which there is a large bird population.

While these other forms are located around the world, they limit their connection with humans to that which is just necessary.  Some species will use a human host or any other warm blooded creature that they can get into contact with and the location of them does not matter, then.