If you have found red bumps or bites on your skin which itches a lot, you can stop scratching and start reading this article to learn the answer to your question. You see, it could be embarrassing — to ask friends or family members — whether these are flea bites or bed bug bites. So, if you want to know the truth — without making a fool of yourself — than please read the following paragraphs. A lot of people can be a little confused as to whether their bites are bed bug bites or flea bites. These bugs look the same, but carry diseases and can cause a lot of issues with you and your family. In this post, I am going to help you to identify what is biting you. Lets get started! You’re scratching and itching like crazy in the middle of the night, you get up in a frenzy, turn the lights on, and find that it’s not bed bugs after all. It’s flea bites!

Bed Bug Bites Or Flea Bites

They Are Mostly The Same.

Both bed bugs and fleas can bite you in the same areas, including your legs, arms, torso and face. They bite you at night while you sleep.

Both bed bugs and fleas prefer to feed on the blood of warm-blooded animals like humans or pets. Bed bug bites are often clustered in a line or series of parallel lines on exposed skin due to their preferred feeding pattern of moving along hair follicles during feeding (usually on your arms and legs). Flea bites usually appear as raised pimple-like bumps with a dark center that develop into small sores after several hours to days.

It’s All About Where They Bite.

You can tell whether you have bed bug bites or flea bites by where they are found. If it was fleas, the bites generally appear around the ankles. If it was bed bugs, the bites will be on exposed areas of your body while you sleep such as your back or shoulders.

Bed bugs are worse.

Bed bugs are far more likely to carry disease than fleas.

Bed bugs have been known to cause anaphylactic shock and death in young children.

Bed bug bites are more painful than flea bites, as they inject an anticoagulant into the skin (a substance that prevents your blood from clotting). In addition, because bed bugs feed on human blood while they sleep, they tend to bite exposed areas of skin such as the face, neck and arms instead of the legs or belly like fleas do.

Itching and swelling are also common to both.

Both bed bugs and fleas can cause an itchy sensation that leads to swelling. Naturally, flea bites are more likely to cause swelling due to their tendency to bite multiple times in a single spot. Bed bug bites tend to appear as small red bumps on the skin and often form in clusters of three or five.

Getting rid of them is the major difference.

Both fleas and bed bugs are small pests that can be difficult to tell apart, but the way you go about getting rid of them is very different. With fleas, it’s all about the environment: vacuuming your entire house regularly and washing all pets’ bedding in hot water will keep them from being a problem. On the other hand, if there are actual insects in your home—whether they’re visible or not—then you’ll need some kind of pesticide treatment or professional extermination service.

The best way to avoid bringing either one into your life is by practicing good hygiene (such as keeping food sealed up) and staying aware of any signs that might indicate you’ve been infested with something nasty like this!