Bed bugs are tiny parasitic insects that commonly dwell in human homes. There are two kinds of bed bugs. The first is, the common bed bug or cimex lectularius, the bed bug specie that can easily adapt to human environment. The second is the tropical bed bug, which from the name itself, can be found in tropical regions.
An adult female bed bug can lay from one up to five eggs a day. She can lay 200-500 eggs in her entire lifetime. The size of a bed bug egg is about 1mm long and hatches four to twelve days. The newly hatched bed bug needs to feed on blood right away for its nutrition. The newly hatched bed bug is about 1.5mm in size. Bed bugs have to pass five molting stages before it can turn into a total adult. For a bed bug to pass each stage, it has to suck blood. A nymph can complete its molting process in about five weeks.
An adult bed bug is about 5.5mm long with oval shape, thin and flat body. They have no wings but they can move really fast. It has a rusty brown color. Bed bugs' bodies become swollen and their color turns to reddish brown to dark red after sucking blood.
Bed bugs commonly live in beds, mattresses and other home furniture. They are most active during nighttime and stay close to each other most of the time. It rarely go searching for food at daytime and they only do that if they are very hungry. It has the ability to survive without food for a long period of time. Their thin and flat bodies enable them to hide themselves in fissures or cracks when they are threatened.
Bed bugs can be tracked down by using a very bright light and examining tiny holes or cracks of the furniture or the seams of the mattresses and clothes.
To keep from bed bug infestation, mattresses should be covered with plastic cover. Washing the clothing, beddings and mattresses with warm water and drying it in high temperature also helps in keeping the bed bugs away.
An adult female bed bug can lay from one up to five eggs a day. She can lay 200-500 eggs in her entire lifetime. The size of a bed bug egg is about 1mm long and hatches four to twelve days. The newly hatched bed bug needs to feed on blood right away for its nutrition. The newly hatched bed bug is about 1.5mm in size. Bed bugs have to pass five molting stages before it can turn into a total adult. For a bed bug to pass each stage, it has to suck blood. A nymph can complete its molting process in about five weeks.
An adult bed bug is about 5.5mm long with oval shape, thin and flat body. They have no wings but they can move really fast. It has a rusty brown color. Bed bugs' bodies become swollen and their color turns to reddish brown to dark red after sucking blood.
Bed bugs commonly live in beds, mattresses and other home furniture. They are most active during nighttime and stay close to each other most of the time. It rarely go searching for food at daytime and they only do that if they are very hungry. It has the ability to survive without food for a long period of time. Their thin and flat bodies enable them to hide themselves in fissures or cracks when they are threatened.
Bed bugs can be tracked down by using a very bright light and examining tiny holes or cracks of the furniture or the seams of the mattresses and clothes.
To keep from bed bug infestation, mattresses should be covered with plastic cover. Washing the clothing, beddings and mattresses with warm water and drying it in high temperature also helps in keeping the bed bugs away.
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