Yes. Adult bed bugs are visible to the trained naked eye. However, if you don’t know what you are looking for, it can be incredibly hard to see a bed bug and they can easily be mistaken for something else.
It can be easier to identify a bed bug by smell rather than sight. That is why sometimes we use trained K9 bed bug inspection dogs to detect an infestation.
Trying to identify a baby bed bug (nymph) is much harder. Nymph bed bugs can be clear or transparent making them difficult to see with the naked eye.
Bed bugs can be as small as the head of a pin depending on what stage of growth they are in. In addition, they are more active at night than during the daytime which makes it harder to see them.
All of our expert bed bug technicians are trained in inspecting and finding bed bugs.