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Itching, scratching when you wake up. Spots or stains on the sheets. It may be bed bugs. Call ABES Pest Control today for a free inspection. |
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Termite Quick Facts
- Adult bed bugs are about 1/8” long with reddish brown, oval flattened bodies. The nymphs resemble the adults but are smaller and somewhat lighter in color.
- Bed bugs feed solely on the blood of animals. The common bed bug (Cimex Lectularius) prefers feeding on humans, but will bite other warm bloodied animals including pets.
- They feed by piercing the skin with an elongated beak. The person seldom knows they are bitten. Bite symptoms vary from a very itchy welt or localized swelling, to little or no reaction.
- Although they can harbor pathogens in their bodies, disease transmissions by bed bugs to humans are considered highly unlikely.
Bed bugs do not fly but can move rapidly over floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces. If necessary they will crawl over 100 feet to obtain a blood meal.
- Female bed bugs lay their eggs in secluded areas depositing up to five a day, up to 500 during a lifetime.
- The eggs are whitish and hard to see on most surfaces without magnification. Individual eggs are about the size of a speck of dust. When first laid the eggs are sticky, causing them to adhere to substrates.
- Newly hatched nymphs are no larger than a pinhead. As they grow they shed their skin five times before reaching maturity. A blood meal is needed between each successive molt.
- Under favorable conditions (70◦ to 90◦) the bugs can complete development in as little as a month, producing three more or more generations per year.
- Nymphs can survive months without feeding and the adults for more than a year. Infestations are therefore unlikely to diminish by leaving the premises unoccupied.
- Bed bugs are mainly active at night. During the daytime they prefer to hide close to where people sleep.
- Bed bugs do not have nests like ants or bees, but tend to congregate in habitual hiding places. Typically these areas are marked by dark spotting and staining, and sometimes are accompanied by a sweetish odor. Also present will be eggs and eggshells, and molted skin from maturing nymphs.
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