A bed bug is a blood-feeding ectoparasite, which means its only source of food is our blood, according to Kenneth Haynes, a professor of entomology at the University of Kentucky who specializes in bed bug biology.

Because of their need for our blood, bed bugs are frequently found where their name suggests: in our beds. “They like to live near the host, which means in our bedrooms, near our beds—as close to where we sleep as possible,” Haynes says.

However, another difficult aspect of discovering a bed bug infestation is that bed bugs will remain hidden until nighttime, using a chemical signal to aggregate together in cracks, crevices, or other dark spaces, says Haynes.

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