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Size: 4 to 5 mm long (adults).
Colour: Reddish-brown with a darker abdomen if blood has been digested.
Description: Miniscule insects with an oval shaped flat body, two antennae and six legs.
Order/Family: Heteroptera/Cimicidae.
Scientific Name: Cimex Lectularius.
Bed bug populations can double about once every 16 days.
Bed bugs undergo a gradual metamorphosis. Their three life stages are egg, nymph and adult. Nymphs are a smaller version of the adult. The size of bed bugs ranges from 2.5 mm in infancy to around 4.5 mm in adulthood.
Identifying bed bugs relies on recognizing their oval shape, length, and reddish brown colour. While usually flat, the size of bed bugs increases as they drink blood. When this occurs, they grow longer and fuller in shape. Identifying bed bugs can be done by looking for reddish-brown stains or eggs on your bed sheets.
Bed bugs hide in cracks and crevices during the day, leaving harbourage areas at night to feed on hosts. The blood meal takes about three to 10 minutes to complete, and usually takes place unknowingly. After feeding, the bed bug bite may become inflamed and itchy on the host.
The typical bed bug lifespan is four to six months, however they can live as long as five years and go months without feeding. In a single female bed bug lifespan, they can lay anywhere between 200 to 500 eggs, which is one to five a day. The eggs hatch in the span of about seven days, and molts five times, taking a blood meal between each molt. Development time from egg to adult takes roughly 21 days.
When it comes to residential or commercial bed bug control, your best bet is Terminix Canada. Our team will ensure your home or business is completely liberated from the blood-sucking hitchhikers.
If you’d like to see if you could control the problem yourself first, these strategies are helpful but remember they are only temporary solutions.
Our bed bug control service is the best and safest way to rid your home of bed bugs for good.
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