Category Archives: Bed Bug Life Cycle

These are photos of bed bug bites submitted by Bedbugger readers or found on the bed bugs pool on flickr. Click photo to get to flickr, and choose all sizes to see larger photos. Continue reading →

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A parasite is an animal or plant that lives in or on another living animal or plant. Continue reading →

common name: bed bug scientific name: Cimex lectularius Linnaeus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Introduction - Distribution - Description - Life Cycle - Survey and Management - Selected References Introduction (Back to Top) Sometimes referred to as red coats, chinches, or mahogany flats (USDA 1976), bed bugs, Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, are blood-feeding parasites of humans, chickens, bats and occasionally domesticated animals (Usinger 1966). Bed bugs are suspected to carry leprosy, oriental sore, Q-fever, and brucellosis (Krueger 2000) but have never been implicated in the spread of disease to humans (Dolling 1991). After the development and use of modern insecticides, such as DDT, bed bug infestations have virtually disappeared. Continue reading →

Baby bed bugs or nymphs are bed bugs that are passing through the first 5 stages of development (stage 6 is adulthood). They are about the size of the head of a pin and are light brown/straw colored. After they feed the body turns red as shown below. Continue reading →

Bed bugs are well known as annoying biting pests, and they are increasing in importance, including in hotels and other lodging establishments in the U.S. You are encouraged to learn more about the biology of bed bugs and their association with homes, apartments, hotels, and lodging establishments so that you can make more informed decisions about health risks, how to protect yourself when traveling, and whether bed bug control is warranted in a residence or lodging establishment. Bed bugs require blood in order to reproduce and complete their life cycle Continue reading →

Bed bugs are excellent at hiding and can fit into spaces as narrow as your business card; they wait there to attack when youre in a deep sleep and most vulnerable. Continue reading →

Identification and Bed bug egg removal can be easily accomplished with the right tools and methods. Continue reading →

A bed bug life cycle begin as a very small but visible egg. Their eggs grow only 1-1/2mm long and look like rice grains. They undergo incomplete metamorphosis, egg, nymph and adult Continue reading →

Click on an image to enlarge: Life Cycles of the Thirsty and Thriving Bed Bugs When bed bug pests (Cimex lectularius) have adequate available blood sources they also have a shorter lifespan. Bed bugs who feed regularly have a lifespan of ten months, while those without adequate feeding can live a little more than a year. If a blood host is available, bed bugs can live to see three generations of offspring ready willing and hungry to prey on their human hosts Continue reading →