Watch for bed bug signs in other rooms
Bed bugs won’t stay in your bedroom—if you fall asleep in front of the TV on the couch or in a recliner, say, they’ll set up camp in the furniture nearby. “Bed bugs commonly infest sofas and chairs and can even hide unseen in chair legs, if the legs are hollow. The bugs will reside in any hidden crack or crevice of the sofa, including deep into the couch under the cushions, inside of the wooden structure of chairs and sofas or metal, as well as inside of screw holes and screw heads,” says Campbell. Just don’t look for the bugs in your hair—and don’t fall for these other myths about bed bugs.
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