Bed Bugs Under Wood Floor

Bed bugs are on the comeback primarily because of an apparent resistance to pesticides and because of more travel by people around the world.

Bed bugs under wood floor.

Floorboards with cracks in them especially under the bed make good bed bug harborages. The least desirable floor in my estimation is hardwood. However bed bugs are far more likely to live in your mattress and bedding. If you have a bare tile or wood floor consider using a damp cloth or map to.

Bed bugs live inside and like to feed at night. They only grow to be about 3 16 inch long and feed on blood. Hardwood floors have endless miles of cracks and joints that bed bugs like. Look for them in mattress seams box springs and headboards under loose wallpaper behind light switch plates in the seams of upholstered furniture and under carpeting near baseboards.

Sprinkle it in cracks and joints of a bed frame and in any contact points where bugs could hide for example where wood meets the floor and where a bed platform meets the mattress. Bed bugs are a dark red to brown color but they can be light brown if they haven t been feeding. Hence the name bed bugs. Bed bugs are small reddish brown insects with flattened bodies.

Therefore they are usually found near beds. Bed bugs may infest wood floors if they can find a spot to hide from sunlight. The unfinished wood in the cracks are preferred substrates and hiding spots for bugs.