Early Stage Bed Bug Stains On Wall

The best way to stop the spread of bed bugs is to regularly inspect for signs of an infestation.

Early stage bed bug stains on wall.

When bed bugs are infesting a wall outlet you may see streaks on the outlet cover or streaks on baseboards. One of the best ways to check for bed bugs is to watch out for bed bug shells and blood spots on sheets. Dab with tissue and let air dry. Heavier stains will need to be pre treated with an enzyme based stain remover and or a peroxide ammonia mixture.

Stains from feces have a rusty colour that is difficult to clean from bedding and linen. Cold water washing might do the trick for fresh light stains. You can also see bed bug stains on walls headboards and mattresses. For treating bed bug poop stains or blood stains on walls mix together baking soda and water to make a paste.

The dark splotches on your mattress bedspread and pillows come from the feces of bed bugs that have been feeding on you during the night. The stains are mostly from feces and blood. For this reason they can often be seen as tiny specks stuck to wood cloth carpeting or walls. You can recognize early bed bug infestation by looking for stains that they leave behind.

You can also look out for shedding that the bugs leave behind. Bed bugs shed an outer shell in five of six stages in their life cycle so watch for reddish brown or yellow shells in couch seams throughout your mattress and box spring and on any upholstered furniture 1 2 3 4. If you observe specks of what appear to be blood rust or tar on upholstered furniture mattresses bedding or mattress pads you may have the start of a bed bug problem. Bed bug feces are sticky.