![]() ![]() That’s because different people can react very differently to bed bug bites, so there’s no definitive way to distinguish them from other insect bites. However, bites alone are not enough to diagnose a bed bug problem. They tend bite areas of the body where bare skin that is exposed during the night, such as arms, hands, and legs. Waking up to find itchy red bumps can be an alarming first sign of bed bugs.īed bugs are ectoparasites that feed on our blood while we sleep. Furthermore, most people aren’t familiar with the scent of bed bugs, so even if you sense something, you’re likely to mistake the smell for something else. That’s simply because when there are only a few bed bugs around, their odor is too faint for humans to notice. The result is an unpleasant, rusty smell that gets worse as the infestation grows more severe.Ĭompared to other early signs of bed bugs, odor is typically the least reliable. When you have a large number of bed bugs living together, the smell of their pheromones gets mixed together with the odor of dead bed bugs, shed shell casings, and bed bug excrement. Unless you’re a trained bed bug-sniffing canine, your chances of noticing the raspberry-like pheromone smell from bed bugs are very low. Normally, the smell of pheromones is very faint-practically imperceptible to the human nose. People who have experienced it firsthand describe the smell as somewhat similar to raspberries, coriander, cilantro, or almonds. These pheromones produce certain odors that may smell slightly sweet or musty. If you notice an unusual, musty odor in your bedroom that doesn’t seem to originate from an obvious source (like a pile of dirty laundry) it might be an early sign of bed bugs.īed bugs emit “alarm” pheromones in response to being bothered or threatened. Sometimes, the first hint that something is amiss comes from our sense of smell.
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