It’s a common problem, one that many of us deal with: pictures of bed bug droppings on various types of surfaces. Your friends, your family, and random people on the interwebs want to know what bed bug droppings look like, but their questions are the answer to the question. Of course you want to present your image-heavy photos in an organized way that will allow others to quickly glance at them and move along if they don’t need to see more. There’s no better way to do this then by showing your image-heavy photos in slideshow form. So grab your collection of bed bug droppings pictures — you can always add more later — and let’s get started! Bed Bug Droppings or fecal spots, look like dark or light spots on bed sheets. The size of fecal spots depends on the size of Bed Bug that left the droppings. The picture shows you images and a short description of what these droppings look like and where they might be found.

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Fresh poop stains are nearly black in color.

If you find bed bug poop stains on your bedding, they will be black or almost black in color. This is because fresh bed bug fecal matter is dark brown or black, and after it dries out, it becomes more of a rusty-colored dust.

Bed bugs feed on blood several times each day to survive, so they do not have time to digest their food completely before moving away from the area where they were feeding. As a result, you will often see small amounts of dried blood mixed with the remains of their last meal.

Bed bugs can produce up to 20 droppings per day when thriving under ideal conditions (warm temperature and plenty of food). These are usually smaller than a poppy seed in size and not sticky like some other insects’ droppings can be.

Old bed bug droppings often look gray or brown.

As the insects digest their food, the droppings change color and become smaller. This is similar to how other types of insect feces change color over time.

Adult bed bugs also produce cast skins, which look like empty exoskeletons with a white or brown powdery substance on them. When an adult bed bug molts, it leaves behind its old skin and can appear as a pile of small reddish-brown particles about 1mm in size that resemble fine sand or dust when seen under magnification.

Bed bug poop tends to form long streaks on surfaces.

Bed bug droppings tend to form long streaks on surfaces. This can be confused with other types of stains, but if you find a series of dark smears in a line, it’s probably bed bug poop.

The size and color of bed bug poop vary greatly depending on what they have been eating recently. Bed bugs tend to defecate after they’ve had an adult blood meal (and before they’re ready for another), so the size and color will depend on what is available nearby during that time. The most common colors include:

• Brown
• Black (stain)
• Gray
• Tiny specs

Often, the interior of an area with bed bugs will be peppered with tiny little spots.

Bed bugs are not limited to living on beds. They can also be found in furniture, under the carpet, behind baseboards and inside walls. This means that if you have bed bugs in your home it is possible for them to be anywhere from your mattress to your kitchen cabinets. And if you do have them in these places (and chances are you do) then it is likely that their feces will be there as well.

Bed bug droppings look similar to tiny little spots of dried blood on surfaces where bed bugs may have been active or hiding at some point during their life cycle—it could be a baseboard crack, a crevice between floor boards or even cracks around windowsills or doors where they’ve sought refuge from light during daylight hours.

Sometimes, you can see a small area that is darker than the rest of a surface.

Sometimes, you can see a small area that is darker than the rest of the surface. This is an indicator of bed bug feces and indicates that you should prepare to take action. Look for more signs and look for live bed bugs if possible. If you find any, get professional help immediately! You may not have them now, but they could be nesting somewhere else in your home or business and they will come back if they want to eat again.

When you wipe away stains, many will smear easily as if they stained a wet surface.

When you wipe away stains, many will smear easily as if they stained a wet surface. If you see this, it means that the stain is still damp and therefore not completely dried up yet. This can be used to determine if bed bugs have been in your home recently or not:

To check whether or not a stain is dry, use a paper towel to wipe on the stain. If it smears easily and takes on color from the paper towel, then it is likely that it’s still damp from recent activity by bed bugs (or other pests).

Like everything in nature, bed bugs die eventually and their bodies get left behind.

While bed bugs are not going to kill you, they are a significant annoyance. The best thing to do is to get rid of them as soon as possible.

As with everything in nature, bed bugs die eventually and their bodies get left behind. When that happens, there’s a chance that you might find some droppings around your mattress or somewhere else on your bedding. The good news is these droppings look nothing like human poop; they’re smooth and brownish-black in color—like little balls of dirt (which is why some people might call them “fecal pellets”).