Life Of A Bed Bug

Bed bug bites may lead to skin changes ranging from small areas of redness to prominent blisters.

Life of a bed bug. 1 st stage nymph 1 5 mm. Bed bugs are insects from the genus cimex that feed on human blood usually at night. Directed by john lasseter andrew stanton. With kevin spacey dave foley julia louis dreyfus hayden panettiere.

A bed bug life cycle includes multiple stages. Female bed bugs lay about five eggs daily throughout their adult lives in a sheltered location mattress seams crevices in box springs spaces under baseboards etc. The eggs are small about 1 millimeter in size according to the environmental protection agency. Each nymph stage usually lasts about a week longer if a bed bug can t find a live host to feed on.

Bed bugs can survive and remain active at temperatures as low as 7 c 46 f but they die when their body temperatures reaches 45 c 113 f. By the time she dies a female will have laid hundreds of eggs. The life cycle of a bed bug is shown in the photograph below. Eggs hatch in about 4 12 days into first instar nymphs which must take a blood meal before molting to the next stage.

A misfit ant looking for warriors to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe. An adult bed bug lives anywhere from four months to more than a year with the right conditions. To kill bed bugs with heat the room must be even hotter to ensure sustained heat reaches the bugs no matter where they are hiding. Bed bugs can go an entire year without feeding survive temperatures ranging between freezing and 122 degrees fahrenheit and are constantly evolving even adapting to resist standard insecticides.

The adult bed bug life span usually last 6 12 months. How to check for bed bugs. The life span of a bed bug most commonly ranges from four to six months. However some bed bugs may live up to a year under cool conditions and with no food.