Keller, TX Bedbugs, Fleas & Ticks - Bedbugs hide in beds, carpeting and rugs, quilts, clothes, underneath wallpaper, under rags, between curtain folds, behind wall decors and behind wooden home furniture. They love to attack in the evening and they will remain active until before daybreak. Bed bugs bite uncovered skin of a person sleeping in an infested bed and leave reddish colored itchy dots. They just don't wander off from sleeping and relaxing areas but they manage to travel over 100 ft during the night to search for food. Bed bugs were once terminated in the United States however they are making a comeback with the aid of international travelers. The commonest places to locate them are hotels and apartment buildings. Bedbugs can survive a year without food. This lets them journey from various locations until they found a comforting place with food. They will hide on clothes and suitcases of travelers. Additionally they are now living in couches and could be transferred from property to property through used furniture. Domestic animals like dogs have thick fur which makes for a great hiding location for bed bugs. Traveling on public transit like shuttle bus, trains and cabs can bring you into contact with bedbugs which you then take to your home. Bedbugs are six legged parasitic creatures that suck human and pet blood. Their length is approximately 1/4 of an inch with an oblong flat shape. Their size is comparable to an apple seed.