Bed Bugs In Electronics

To spot bed bugs look in and along mattress seams and bedding in curtain and furniture folds inside cracks or crevices in the walls behind picture frames and mirrors under loose wallpaper seams on recently used luggage or backpacks inside electronics and inside clothing or cluttered areas such as closets.

Bed bugs in electronics.

Electronics stuffed toys picture frames shoes purses and books. Fabric is only one mode of transport. When i asked. Most electronics that harbor bed bugs are those close to your bed.

In this episode jeff white explains how difficult electronics are to treat for bed bugs and what you can do to treat them. This may include laptops alarm clocks and bedside speakers or stereos. Electronics bed bugs are tiny and that makes it easy for them to crawl into very tight spaces in the electronics. Bed bugs are unlikely to infest your electronics and usually only do so when they are present in very large numbers.

Miller put groups of 10 nymphs immatures 10 adults and over 90 bed bug eggs in with common household items. When a bed bug feeds its body swells and becomes bright red making it appear to be a different insect. The electronic items most likely to conceal the parasites are bedside radio alarm clocks due to their close proximity to the bed. Bed bugs do not fly.

However anything with nooks and crannies can harbor bed bugs including iphones mice keyboards remote controls and cameras. Bed bugs are only attracted to heat when feeding so they have no interest in hanging around warm spaces the rest of the time. They either crawl or are carried from place to place. They can crawl through electrical outlets up through walls down hallways says potter.

In homes hotels or other dwellings bed bugs feed primarily on human blood usually at night when people are sleeping. It is well know that bed bugs are drawn to heat. Suggested products activ volcano bed bug lure and trap consumer 4 pack. However if your entire house is infested with bed bugs the electronics are exposed to the risk of bed bugs crawling into them from every part of the house.

While it can happen and does from time to time you generally only see infested electronics in severe bed bug cases. Warm electronics especially should be inspected. Bed bugs get around on their own just fine.