Inspection
for Bed Bug
Center the inspection where harborage clusters: mattress seams, coils, frame, headboard, and adjacent furniture, plus wall cracks and the edges of wallpaper and trim. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7454.html Source: https://extension.psu.edu/biology-habitat-and-management-of-bed-bugs Confirm by the evidence: live bugs, dark fecal spotting, blood smears, shed skins, and eggs in tight seams make an infestation obvious. Source: https://extension.umn.edu/biting-insects/bed-bugs Back up the visual search with monitoring, placing interceptor cups under bed and furniture legs to catch and confirm activity. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7454.html