Picture of moon at night. Do bed bugs come out at night only? — Do bed bugs come out only at night?

Bed bugs are rarely seen during the day in smaller or light infestations. This can make confirming their presence a little difficult, but if you have the telltale bites on your body & their excrement stains on your sheets/furniture, there is a very good chance that bed bugs have decided to make your furniture & home, their own home. Obviously, this is not a very pleasant experience.

Pro tip about bites: Do not go by bites alone during summer and spring there are tons of biting bugs then, instead use excrement signs as the go to for distinguishing if bed bugs are present. See an example of what bed bug excrement looks like or scroll down.

â€¢ The night myth, are bed bugs nocturnal?:

In early infestations bed bugs will normally use the nighttime to come out and feed. This is not completely due to some aversion to light, but the light is still somewhat a factor. Instead, bed bugs come out at night for two main reasons.

1st, humans generally sleep during the night. This means that they are stationary targets for the bed bugs to feed on. Sleeping humans are the perfect meal. They are huge (compared to bed bugs), filled with blood, and will not fight back. A bed bug bite typically is not enough to rouse someone from their sleep so that the bed bugs can feed at will. Since most humans tend to sleep at night instead of the day, hence everyone thinks bed bugs are only nocturnal because that's when they are most active because you are finally still and staying in the same place. However, a couch or chair in the living room while your sitting and watching tv or chatting during the day or night can be a time for them to feed upon you.

Second, bed bugs hate direct heat and light. In fact, many extermination methods that deal with bed bugs rely on heat to kill them, as we do at Dead Bug Walkin LLC. Daylight may not be hot enough to eradicate bed bug colonies, but it is still uncomfortable for them to be out in the hot sun. The cooler nights are much more pleasing to bed bugs, and they don't run any risk of overheating.
Now, this doesn't mean that bed bugs will never come out in the daytime. They are documented to adjust their habits depending on their environment and your routine. If you are out of the house during the nighttime and only sleep during the day, they will follow your schedule to feed. This is the case for where you sleep but your couches and chairs used during the day are different. Your living room will allow bed bugs to feed during any period of the day your sitting still and present for 15 minutes or longer. The darker you keep it in your home, the more likely it is that bed bugs will be active during the day time, as well.

â€¢ Infestation reached critical size:

Bed bugs will also show up in the day if their colony has reached a critical size. When all of the bed bugs in a colony haven't had a chance to eat, more will try their luck at different times to get their meals. For this reason, bed bugs visible during the day can be a sign of a very large infestation, which needs to be treated immediately. An adult female will lay several eggs a day & each one of those eggs will hatch within 7-14 days. This makes an infestation grow rapidly! The longer you wait the more expensive and harder it is to eliminate your bed bug infestation in Oklahoma. This will always be the case.

Unfortunately, bed bugs can spread very quickly, and it just takes one fertile female to spawn a whole colony. To stop an infestation, you must kill every single bed bug that has taken up residence in your home , plus their eggs.

They have been around for a very long time, and there are proven methods to get rid of bed bugs. If you think that you have a bed bug infestation, your local exterminators like us will be able to eradicate the pests for you in just one service appointment, using heat remediation. What is heat remediation for bed bugs?