BedBug Life Cycle Guide and Pictures – Bed Bugs Handbook

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" The Bedbug life cycle can be as short as21 days under ideal conditions, but in most environments, this process will take from 5 to 8 weeks.. This assumes the availability of a warm blooded host such as a human or pet, and temperatures at 86F (30C). From egg to adulthood a bed bug will pass through 5 instars or stages with the last or sixth stage being adulthood. They requires a blood meal to move from stage to stage. A bed bug will live up to 316 days under the conditions described. If no host is available an adult can live just over a year without feeding. "

The Bedbug life cycle starts with an egg. After birth the bed bug will move through 5 instars or stages, ending with adulthood. While they are moving through the 5 stages they are referred to as a nymph.

In order to move from stage to stage during the lifecycle of a bed bug, a bed bug needs to feed on a mammal. They prefer human blood, but will feed on other available animals such as a pet or bat. They can feed several times during each stage and as much as 1x per day. As the bed bug moves from each stage or instar they will molt as they grow.

Room temperate plays a role in how fast bedbugs move through the life cycle. If the temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees F, the bed bug takes approximately 4 to 5 weeks at 83-90 degrees F to move from egg, through the juvenile or nymph stages, and to adulthood. Three generations of bed bugs could be born in a year. The lifespan of an adult is 10 to 11 months, although they could live for a year without feeding.

Lifecycle of Bed Bugs

As mentioned, the rate that bed bugs move through their lifecycle is based on the temperature of the room they area living in. Higher temperatures (80 degrees F) slow down bed bug growth. Bed bugs and their eggs are killed at 114 degrees F.

Speed of Lifecycle of the Bed Bug

A female bed bug will lay 1 to 3 eggs per day and 200 in a lifetime. The bedbug eggs stick to areas where they are placed and are therefore difficult to remove with a vacuum. The eggs are approximately 1/16 inch and are oval. They are white/yellow in color.

Bedbug Eggs take approximately six to ten days to hatch.

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BedBug Life Cycle Guide and Pictures - Bed Bugs Handbook

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