I woke up and noticed some strange white grains in my bed. My first thought was that my husband had probably eaten in bed again and spilled rice or something similar. I was about to just shake them off, but suddenly decided to take a closer look. \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n
The longer I looked, the stronger the strange feeling of anxiety grew inside me. These \u201cgrains\u201d were tiny, oval and shiny\u2026 And then I saw that something moved inside one of them.<\/p>\n
I was overcome with horror. I grabbed my phone and started searching for information on the Internet. My heart sank when I realized what it was\u2026 \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31 Be careful if you notice something like this in your home\u2026 Continued in the first comment \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n
As it turned out, these were bedbug eggs.
\n\ud83d\udccc What I learned:<\/p>\n
Bedbug eggs are small, about 1 mm, white, oval, shiny, similar to rice grains. The female bedbug lays them in secluded places: in the seams of a mattress, behind baseboards, in cracks in furniture.<\/p>\n
After 6-10 days, larvae hatch from them, which begin to feed on blood. Bedbugs rarely carry infections, but their bites cause itching, allergies, irritation and insomnia.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udccc Where they come from:<\/p>\n
They can be accidentally \u201cbrought\u201d home in a suitcase after a trip. They get in with used furniture or things.<\/p>\n\n