Lone Bed Bug Bite

First a 3 bite pattern on her leg and then a couple of bites on her arm.

Lone bed bug bite.

According to a study by the university of arkansas a lone female bed bug can reproduce to an infestation of 500 or more bed bugs in 2 months. One bug may bite multiple times. Bed bugs are small parasitic insects that feed on human blood. Possible to have no reactions and bite goes unseen.

Bites can appear in tight lines of multiple small red marks. Also keep in mind that even if you don t find bites that doesn t mean you don t have bed bugs. She had bites in 2 different areas. They often bite humans during the night or early morning when people are asleep.

Having seen many bed bug bites over the past few years her bites clearly resembled those performed by a bed bug. May go unnoticed for a few days. The bite marks will appear disappear and then reappear over the course of several days. She said she d received the first set of bites 8 days earlier and then the most recent ones on her arm the night.

But there are bite characteristics that can show up that can help differentiate chiggers from other bugs. Red welts small flat or raised swelling. While they don t carry disease they can cause.