Bed bugs are small parasitic insects that feed on human blood.
Really big bed bug bites.
Bed bug bites are not too painful but can be very itchy and swollen.
Bed bugs are wingless oval shaped insects.
Their bodies are small and flat and can be very hard to detect in your home.
Does this picture of bed bug bites look familiar.
Bed bug bites appear as red itchy bumps on the skin usually on the arms or shoulders and are typically the first sign that you have be bugs.
The parasites don t spread diseases like ticks do but they re difficult to remove and won t stop.
But some bug bites and stings like those from fire ants wasps hornets and bees may cause intense pain or even a serious allergic reaction.
Others like poisonous spider bites require.
While they don t carry disease they can cause.
They can resemble other insect bites such as mosquito bites or skin irritations such as eczema.