She had bites in 2 different areas.
Lone bed bug bite.
Bites can appear in tight lines of multiple small red marks.
But there are bite characteristics that can show up that can help differentiate chiggers from other bugs.
May go unnoticed for a few days.
A bite from a single lone wolf bed bug will usually have a 3 bite track pattern unless they are disturbed while feeding on you and the lone bed bug will only feed once every three to 10 days.
While they don t carry disease they can cause.
Having seen many bed bug bites over the past few years her bites clearly resembled those performed by a bed bug.
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.
For one thing chigger bites tend to take itchiness to a whole new level.
One bug may bite multiple times.
Read more about bed bugs.
Red welts small flat or raised swelling.
First a 3 bite pattern on her leg and then a couple of bites on her arm.
Also keep in mind that even if you don t find bites that doesn t mean you don t have bed bugs.
They often bite humans during the night or early morning when people are asleep.
Bed bugs are small parasitic insects that feed on human blood.