Bed bugs are flat, apple-seed-sized insects that feed on blood at night. In Greater Toronto Area homes and apartments they hide in mattress seams, bed frames, headboards and sofa creases, and they travel in luggage and used furniture. They do not damage the building. They leave bites, spots of blood and dark droppings on sheets.
No. The bed is the usual hiding place because people sleep there, but they also live in sofa seams, bed frames and luggage. An inspection checks the rooms where people sit and sleep, not only the mattress.
They hide in cracks during the day and feed at night. What people usually find first is spots on the sheets, shed skins, or bites, not the insects walking in the open.
