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from knowing something is happening to them and to keep blood from clotting while they drink their victims' blood.

Assuring their bites are painless allows bedbugs to suck blood until they drink their fill. Preventing victims from knowing what is going on keeps victims from knocking bedbugs off them or killing the bedbugs.

Another way to identify bedbug bites is by linear patterns they often leave on their victims. This method is helpful, however, it is not full proof because when several bedbugs bite one victim simultaneously, they may move all over the person's body leaving spotty patches all over the skin.

If you suspect bedbugs have bitten you, the best thing to do is to make certain of your suspicion by investigating your sleeping area. Bedbugs hide in mattress folds, mattress frames, dressers, closets, cracks and molding to name a few. They hide during the day so searching for them may be the only way to find out if they are present in your sleeping area.

If you find small oval sized brownish bugs in any of these places, they are probably bedbugs. If you see dark patchy spots or stains in any of these areas, you may have discovered bedbug droppings. This evidence suggests bedbugs are present or at least they have been. Treating bedbug infestations is the only way to get rid of the critters and to keep them from biting you or anyone else again!

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