Bed Bug Odor

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Bed bug odor.

Yes bed bugs smell and the description of this smell will vary based on who you ask. A telltale smell you can always tell if there s a bed bug infestation in one of the rooms in your house. When a group of bed bugs gets disturbed you may be able to smell that odor. Some liken the bed bug odor to herbs.

Itchy irritated skin from bites. Most people who can smell bed bug odor describe it as a berry scent. Other signs of infestation include. Scientists speculate that the sweet odor of bed bugs can be attributed to bugs scent glands.

These are a couple of smells that don t mean you have bed bugs. Like many species of bugs bed bugs release odors called alarm pheromones. Bed bugs do give off a certain unpleasant scent when they re disturbed which is related to the pheromones they emit when alarmed. They also describe it as a musty or stale odor.

The odor is described many different ways and has been compared to the smell of coriander an herb. That happens because one pest is sometimes food for another pest. Still others claim it to be woody while a third group claims it to be like the smell of rotten raspberries. Some people have described it as a sweet or coriander like scent while others have said it s a musty or moldy smell.

Odors may also result from bed bug fecal material. Like many other bug species these tiny parasites emit odors referred to as alarm. Some people report bed bug smell as a sickeningly sweet smell of almonds. Older publications even refer to the bed bug as the coriander bug.