Fleas are reddish brown similar to bed bugs but are smaller no larger than 1 8 of an inch and more oval in shape.
Bugs in room not bed bugs.
Bed bugs are flat oval reddish brown insects about 1 4 inch long about the same size as an apple seed.
Their shape allows them to slip through tiny cracks.
To kill bed bugs with heat the room must be even hotter to ensure sustained heat reaches the bugs no matter where they are hiding.
They often enter your home undetected in luggage clothing and used beds or couches.
They appear skinnier can jump and stand taller and more vertical to surfaces in comparison to bed bugs.
And even if you hire a pro you ll still have to do lots of work yourself moving furniture washing all clothes etc.
And the pests like to burrow into dark areas such as in couch seams bed frames or clothing folds.
Last but not least on our list of bugs that look like bed bugs booklice look a lot like bed bug nymphs.
Unfortunately a handful of critters are often mistaken for bed bugs.
Bed bugs can survive and remain active at temperatures as low as 7 c 46 f but they die when their body temperatures reaches 45 c 113 f.
The little bugs can take weeks to fully disappear.
Heat alone does not work says a pest controller of over 30 years.
Here are five bed bug doppelgangers.
These bugs are pretty easy to kill with high heat 115 f 46 c or intense cold 32 f less than 0 c here are a few ways to treat bedbugs using these methods.
Professional heat treatments will cost even more.
Small in size they do not feed on blood but on fungi pollen mold etc.
Wash bedding and clothes in hot.
Bedbugs or bed bugs are small oval brownish insects that live on the blood of animals or humans.
Bed bugs can be resistant to chemicals found in some of the most common treatments.