There’s nothing more terrifying than seeing your house getting infested with bed bugs. Your bed, mattress, clothes, carpets, and rooms all become infested pretty quickly and you’re left there in … Read more

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Bed bugs are one of the most resilient pests on the planet. As we’ve learned from the previous article regarding bed bugs and cold conditions, they can survive both very … Read more

If you’ve read our previous articles on bed bugs, you’ve learned that they hate heat. People usually use heat treatments to kill bed bugs and it’s proven that this kind … Read more

Yes, they can, basically if your wall has crevices and cracks that can fit a business card, then it is also a potential home for a bed bug. Walls have all sorts of appliances next to it and also different defects. A defect here stands for cracks in the wall, peeling wallpaper, loose sockets, broken baseboards, etc.

No, bed bugs usually won’t live in pillows but will occasionally stay there. Sure, you might see bed bugs in your pillow when you manage your bedding but chances of them hiding there instead of your mattress are pretty low. However, underneath your pillow, that place is something that bed bugs love – the darkness and the close distance to the host, e.g. you.

The answer is yes, bed bugs can live in wood but they can’t burrow in wood. For example, if a certain piece of wooden furniture has a hole in it, bed bugs can use it to hide inside. Still, they always prefer to live in your mattress or bedding, rather than living in the wood.

Yes, bed bugs can also bite dogs although they prefer biting and feeding of humans. When it comes to blood, bed bugs aren’t meticulous drinkers and they can feed on any prey out there as long as it has blood.

The simple answer is yes, bed bugs do bite cats. Bed bugs feed on warm-blooded animals and cats being in this category aren’t spared either. Bed bugs are attracted to sleeping mammals e.g. cats because of the carbon dioxide they breathe out.