Bed Bug Egg Pictures, Lifecycle and Removal Tips

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Identification and Bed bug egg removal can be easily accomplished with the right tools and methods. Bed bug eggs are small, white, and about the size of the head of a pin (1/32"). They can be seen with the naked eye, but because of the small size they are difficult to find and often require the use of magnification and a flashlight when searching for eggs.

They cannot be picked up with a vacuum as when they are laid, they are sticky and attach to the surface. Most bed bug sprays will kill bedbug eggs on contact (check the label). Since they are easy to miss, a failure to kill bedbug eggs is usually the reason why 2 to 3 treatments are required before a bedbug population is removed from a home.

Most eggs hatch (64%) between days 6 or 7 (90% between days 8 and 9), all depending on the temperature.

A bed bug will pass through 5 stages before reaching adulthood which is the 6th stage of the bedbug life cycle. A newly hatched baby bed bug or nymph is referred to as an instar. An instar needs a blood meal within 3 days or they will start to die, which is thought to be more a factor of dehydration than not having the blood meal. This can happen if the egg is laid far from a host.

The rate at which bed bugs move through the various life stages depends on the temperature of the room and the availability of a host. A bed bug must feed on a human or other warm blooded animal to move to the next stage. When born, a baby bed bug (instar) can inflict a bed bug bite in the same manner as an adult. Bed bugs can procreate in as little as 5 weeks after being born.

A bed bug can live from 10 months to about a year. Adults can survive for just over a year without a blood meal with baby bed bugs (nymphs) surviving for several months. In favorable temperatures (70F - 80F) bed bugs can completely develop in 30 days and can produce 3+ generations in a year. The population can double in 16 days if the conditions are right.

A female bedbug needs a blood meal before laying eggs. 97% will hatch successfully.

A female bed bug will lay 5 to 7 eggs/week, 1 or more eggs per day and 200-500 eggs over her lifetime. The eggs are small (1 mm, 1/32"), whitish in color and slightly pear shaped. Bed bug eggs are difficult to see without magnification or a flashlight and are about the size of a pin head or speck of dust.

An egg hatches in 10 days and will develop into an adult in 2 to 4 months.

When laid, the bedbug eggs are sticky, and adhere to the surfaces where they are placed. Eggs are found in harborages where bedbugs hide in loose clusters.

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