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Bed bug odor?
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Another post mentioned an odor associated with bed bugs. I have heard it described as "sickening sweet" before, but can anyone elaborate? What exactly does it smell like? Is this odor always present if there are bed bugs?
Thanks.
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kirads09 - 11 hours ago »
Another post mentioned an odor associated with bed bugs. I have heard it described as "sickening sweet" before, but can anyone elaborate? What exactly does it smell like? Is this odor always present if there are bed bugs?
Thanks.It Have only 2 ways I can describe it:
It smells like rotten rasberries
it smells like stanky sheets that havent been washed in monthsMike S
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It depends on which odors you are smelling. There are many produced by bed bugs; there are also odors produced by an active population. The alarm pheromone is actually pleasing (to me) and smells like coriander or cilantro, maybe with some citronella. A refugia or harborage area also provides odors of dead insects, digested & undigested blood and fecal droppings. Maybe a mixture of all these odors are picked up by people and that accounts for the many scents that people perceive when talking about bed bug odor. The regular bed bug smell is perceived by dogs in K9 detection, but we really don't smell this.
Professional entomologist/arachnologist. I consult on all matters dealing with insects and arachnids, including those of natural history and biology to pest management and forensic entomology investigations. -
Thanks for the information.
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In my opinion bedbugs smell similar to wax crayons mixed with something else i can't really figure out, but i have never encountered more than 5 or 6 adult bugs with some eggs in one place so i don't really know what a huge infestation would smell like.
.....I am NOT an expert.....
Any advice i give here is based solely on my own personal experiences in dealing with bedbugs & other household vermin.
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