how do you inspect for bed bugs?
In the early stages of an infestation, bed bugs will be found around the seams and tufts of the mattress, while later on, they’ll spread to cracks in the bed frame and then to gaps behind baseboards, pictures, window and door casings, wallpaper, and other similar shelters. Look for the insects, their cast skins, and eggs near crevices. Check pillowcases, sheets, and the mattress for bloodstains, smears, or flecks (the sign of their feeding). When their populations are high, you may notice a pungent, sickly-sweet odor that’s smells like raspberries. Examine the room thoroughly, moving in a logical pattern. Use a flashlight to peer behind and underneath furniture and woodwork. Look under all items that are attached to or against the wall. Check possible hiding places such as seams, creases, tufts, and folds of the mattress and box spring cracks in the bed frame and head board underneath chairs, couches, beds, dustcovers between the cushions of upholstered furniture underneath area rugs and the edges of carpets between the folds of drapery or curtains in the drawers of night stands, dressers, etc. behind the baseboards around door and window casings behind electrical switch plates under loose wallpaper, paintings, posters, etc. in cracks in the plaster in telephones, radios, clocks,and similar places
