Bed bugs used to be big problems back in the old days and hence the popular phrase, do not like the bed bugs bite, was coined. However, in the 50s, bed bugs were just about wiped out with the use of DDT. When DDT was banned, bed bugs made a resurgence.

Another cause of the resurgence of bed bugs was due to more international traveling where people from countries with bed bugs would go to countries that did not have them. Hotels throughout the U.S. became infected by the pests as well.

Bed bugs can hide anywhere. They can hide in your clothes, luggage, mattress, furniture, or in cracks and crevices in your home. Usually they will hide close to their food, which is you, so they stay in the mattress.

When night falls and you are sleeping, bed bugs come out and feed on you. You will not feel the bite when they are feeding because they excrete an enzyme into your body similar to that of a mosquito.

If you want to kill bed bugs, then you would need to be able to find all the places where the bed bugs are hiding. If you left one bed bug alive, they could still mass produce.

If you suspect that bed bugs are hiding in your mattress, then may want to buy a mattress cover. These plastic covers kill bed bugs by closing them inside the cover. After 6 months or longer, the bed bugs will be starved to death.

After killing the bed bugs on your mattress, look elsewhere around your room. Any place that seems like a good hiding spot you should check it out.

If you feel that you cannot find all the places where bed bugs hide, you might want to call up a professional exterminator. They have the resources and knowledge to kill bed bugs.