Warning: Don't eat while you look at these photos. These are some nasty bedbug bites pictures.

These red welts are bedbug bites. Pictures like this are gross, but don't even do justice to the unbelievable itching that these bites cause.

Bedbug bites come in clusters like this. You rarely just get one bedbug bite. Photos don't show the texture of the bitten skin, which is a small raised bump.

This is a picture of bedbug bites on a human leg.

The little red dots are bedbug bites. There is no way a photo can depict the amount of itching these minuscule bites cause.

Avoid bedbug bites

Avoid the indescribable itching and discomfort that bedbug bites inflict. Find out how to prevent bedbugs: 

Use a Mattress Encasement for Bed Bug Prevention

Don’t Bring Bed Bugs Home in Garage Sale Bargains

Get rid of bedbugs

If, unfortunately, you already have a bedbug infestation in your home, here's help to get rid of bedbugs:

How to Find and Eliminate Bed Bugs

Does Bed Bug Heat Treatment Work?

Find a reliable pest control contractor in your area.

Chaya Kurtz writes for Networx.com. All photos are Creative Commons photos from Wikimedia Commons.

Updated November 28, 2018.