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Bed Bug Identification & Facts

Eggs are pearly white and only .04 inches (1 mm) in length (size of a poppy seed).
First stage immature bed bugs are only 1mm in length.
First stage immatures are pale in color and are somewhat translucent.
Immature bugs go through five developmental stages becoming larger with each stage.
Nymphs (hatchlings) have five major feedings before maturity. They molt in-between each feeding leaving behind a cast exoskeleton.
Adult bed bugs are approximately 1/4” (6 mm) in length and less than 1/8 inch wide (<3 mm) and are reddish-brown in color.
Tip of the female’s abdomen is rounded; the male’s is more pointed.
Body is flattened when unfed.
Wingless or with vestigial wings.
Covered with short golden hairs.
Four-segmented antenna.
Three-segmented beak on underside.
Unfed bed bug nymph is straw colored.
Engorged nymph is crimson.
Unfed adult may be various shades of brown.
Engorged adult is a darker reddish-brown.
Female bed bugs lay 1 - 5 eggs per day and up to 500 viable eggs in her lifetime.
Eggs are laid individually and mostly close to the female’s harborage site. The female will preferentially lay her eggs onto textured materials, such as fabrics, wood, or behind pictures, in furniture, along the edges of baseboards, under floor boards and in similar sites. The eggs are covered with a sticky substance that acts as a cement, attaching them firmly to the surface.
Bed Bugs nymphs have an incubation period of ten days.
How often bed bugs will feed depends on temperature (about 80 degrees F [27 degrees C]).
Bed bugs will feed on a weekly basis under good conditions.
They prefer dark areas.
They do not like air movement and will move out of drafty locations.

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PO Box 91001
Louisville, KY 40291
ph: 502-231-6088
fax: 502-231-3689
alt: 812-283-3733
info@ohiovalleyrealtyservices.com