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Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite!

Posted 12/8/2011

The good news is that an infestation of bed bugs in your home has nothing to do with how clean your home is.

(NAPSI)—If the thought of bed bugs attacking your home has you scratching already, here are some tips to help you figure out if you have bed bugs:

• Check for bites. Bed bug bites are usually flat welts or raised, red bumps that itch. However, only 30 percent of people who are bitten have a reaction to the bite.

• Keep an eye out for bed bug droppings or small blood stains on your sheets when you wake up.

• Bed bugs can also smell like raspberries, raw beef or moldy shoes in places that are infested.

• Be on the lookout for eggs! Bed bug eggs are pearly white and difficult to spot with the human eye. Adult bed bugs are about the size of a grain of rice.

• Bed bugs are nocturnal, so the best time to try to spot them is at night. Use a flashlight!

• Spot one? Now help is available in the form of a spray-RID Home Lice, Bedbug and Dust Mite Spray-designed to be one of the first steps to get rid of bed bugs. For more information, visit www.ridbedbugs.com and say good riddance!

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