Category Archives: Bed Bug Life Cycle

FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 25, 2010, a bedbug is found in a mattress at a home in Columbus, Ohio Continue reading →

Mountain View Apartments on West 12th Street in downtown Juneau. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO) Over a third of the units in a downtown Juneau apartment building are being treated for bed bugs. Managers of the Mountain View Apartments on West 12th Street noticed the pests in some units earlier this month. Continue reading →

Most people are freaked out by the idea of bed bugs , let alone actually seeing one in person. And, of course, if you spotted one in your hotel room, youd want to book it the other way ASAP. But a new survey published in American Entomologist found that while people are completely grossed out by bed bugs, most actually have no idea what the little insects look like Continue reading →

What do bed bugs look like? Bed bugs are small insects with oval shaped bodies, six legs and two antennae. Their coloration will vary depending on their age as well as whether or not they have fed recently. Continue reading →

Waking up several times during the night with itchy skin, Mr and Mrs E (whose names have been withheld) have not had a good nights sleep in almost a year. They have tried everything from tossing out their belongings including bedding replacing the wooden bed with a metal-framed one, and flea bombing their subdivided apartment numerous times. Continue reading →

Common Name: Bed bug Scientific Family: Climex lectularius Linnaeus Unfed adults bed bugs are mahogany to rusty brown color. Engorged bed bugs are red-brown color after a blood meal. Nymphs (baby bed bugs) are nearly colorless when they first hatch and become brownish as they mature. Continue reading →

The life cycle of an insect describes the development of an insect from the egg stage to adult. The process is referred to as metamorphosis. Continue reading →

Jefferson Underwood III, M.D., Columnist Published 9:04 a.m. CT April 25, 2017 | Updated 9:05 a.m. CT April 25, 2017 Common bedbugs, Cimex lectularius, largely disappeared from beds in the 1950s, and have reemerged in the last few decades to cause havoc in homes, offices, hotels and public transportation Continue reading →

Bed bug Cimex lectularius Dublin, Ireland (PRWEB) April 21, 2017 National pest management association survey conducted in 2010 and more recently in 2015 shows the dramatic increase in the number of bed bug infestations over the 5-year period. Continue reading →

Bed bugs are nocturnal, reddish-brown insects that feed on the bloodof humans and other warm-blooded animals. Continue reading →