What are things to look for to see if I have an infestation?
Obviously, if you have found bugs in your bed, you should put them in a glass jar for inspection by a professional pest control operator or an entomologist. Unfortunately, unless there is a longstanding infestation in which there are a large amount of bedbugs, odds are you will not find a bedbug in the bed with you. The second step would be to inspect your sheets for small blood stains. Bedbugs excrete the blood they have injested after it has been processed, and the remains are a small dark stain which almost appears to be black ink. The folds of the mattress can be inspected for adults and stains, as well as eggs and cast skins. Since bedbugs prefer to harbor on natural fibers, they are often found inside the boxspring (remove the membrain and inspect the untreated wood) or under the folds of where the membrane is stapled to the frame. Although bedbugs prefer to harbor on wood (or cardboard, or paper), they can just as liekly be found in a computer monitor, behind a electrical switch
