How Bed Bugs Feed

Bed bugs only source of nourishment is human blood. They are a nocturnal feeder, meaning they eat your blood at night or in the dark like a vampire. When darkness comes and all is still in the house the bed bugs come out of their hiding places and look for a warm host body to feed off of. This happens when you are asleep. These parasites have chemicals that they inject into the human host that acts like an anesthetic so you don’t feel the bite and also an anti-coagulant so your blood will flow freely. It only takes about fifteen minutes for them to get a full feeding of human blood, after which they go back into hiding. After the bed bug is fully  fed with your human blood and is engorged it can live from four to six months before it has to feed again.