What Do Bed Bug Bites Look Like?

Although we have a ton of pictures and their associated stories throughout our site, many people still ask what do bed bug bites look like; below you will find a sample of pictures of bed bugs and their bites. We have a ton more pictures of people bitten by bed bugs, just visit our Bed Bed Bites link in the menu bar above.

Probably the best pictures of bed bugs by themselves and their home are the four pictures below; these bugs were found on the end of a mattress. These images show it all including the eggs, bed bugs, bed bug feces (dried blood – turns black / brown when it dries), bed bug shedding and more.

Although small in size, you can do a quick inspection to make sure you don’t have something similar, such as when staying at a hotel. They don’t hide in plain sight and this end of the mattress was covered and facing the wall.

Note! This is a picture of what happened when visitor checked her bed for bedbugs using her bare hand.

Bed bugs pop easily when engorged with human blood and as you can see, she was exposed not only to the feces, but human blood as well!

Always wear some form of protection such as a latex glove when you check a bed for infestation!

To the left you’ll see a picture submitted by Ross showing exactly what bed bug bites look like. This happened during a stay in a cabin at Yellowstone National Park and was not limited to his head, but also over his entire body!

To the right you can see a bad reaction to bed bugs as they made a meal of Julio’s arm.

If you have a bed bugs photo you would like to include, please send me an email with the picture attached to badbedbugs@gmail.com; this not only helps you, but helps others figure out what bed bug bites look like and possibly identify their own bites.