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SLEEP TIGHT

DON’T LET THE BED BUGS BITE! WHAT ARE THEY? Bed Bugs are parasites. They live close to areas where prople typically sleep, rest or sit for long periods of time.

WHAT ARE THEY? • • Bed frames • • Mattresses • Egg foam • Sleeping bags • • Tables WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? • Oval, flattened, brown (sometimes purple) and wingless • About 1/4” to 3/8” long (sometimes are larger and cigarshaped) • Similar in appearance to a wood tick

SLEEP TIGHT

DON’T LET THE BED BUGS BITE! WHAT ARE THEY? Bed Bugs are parasites. They live close to areas where prople typically sleep, rest or sit for long periods of time.

Drawers Cardboard piles Any warm nook

WHAT ARE THEY? • • Bed frames • • Mattresses • Egg foam • Sleeping bags • • Tables WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? • Oval, flattened, brown (sometimes purple) and wingless • About 1/4” to 3/8” long (sometimes are larger and cigarshaped) • Similar in appearance to a wood tick

Drawers Cardboard piles Any warm nook


WHAT ARE THE SIGNS? • Cast skins (empty shells of the bugs as the grow) • Dark spots left by the bugs on sheets or nerby areas • Bite marks (usually multiple in a row) • Bite marks (usually multiple in a row) ranging from simple red spots to a rash on a person’s head, neck, arms, hands or legs (can be similar to other types of bites and not all reactions are the same)

WHAT ARE THE SIGNS? • Cast skins (empty shells of the bugs as the grow) • Dark spots left by the bugs on sheets or nerby areas • Bite marks (usually multiple in a row) • Bite marks (usually multiple in a row) ranging from simple red spots to a rash on a person’s head, neck, arms, hands or legs (can be similar to other types of bites and not all reactions are the same)


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