Bed Bugs

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Latin Name:

Cimex lectularius L.

Appearance:

Bed bugs are flat, reddish-brown, oval insects about 3/16-inch long or the size of an apple seed. Swollen and reddish after a blood meal.

Habit:

Cracks and crevices including mattress seams, sheets, furniture, behind baseboards, electrical outlet plates and picture frames. Often found in hotels, where they can travel from room to room and in visitors’ luggage.

Diet:

Feed on blood.

Reproduction:

Females can deposit one to five eggs a day, and may lay 200 to 500 eggs in a lifetime. Under normal room temperatures and with an adequate food supply, bed bugs can live over 300 days.

Bed Bugs FACTS

Bites can leave itchy, welts on the skin and can cause allergic reactions, such as severe itching.

Bed Bugs Pictures

Learn to identify this pest with these helpful pictures.
- Mattress Infested Bed Bugs Photo of a mattress infested with bed bugs
- Two bed Bugs Crawling on Bedding Close-up photo of two bed bugs crawling on bedding
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