Signs of Bed Bugs

Knowing what to look for is essential in identifying and eliminating bed bugs. There are many bugs that look like bed bugs so an accurate identification is a critical first step to avoid costly treatment for the wrong bug.

Adult bed bugs are about the size of an apple seed 5-7 mm or 3/16 - 1/4 inch long and brown, with a flat, oval-shaped body if not fed recently or balloon-like, reddish-brown, and more elongated if they have taken a meal recently.

Young bed bugs called nymphs in general are smaller, translucent or whitish-yellow in color and if not recently fed, can be nearly invisible to the naked eye because of coloring and size.

They have characteristics of true bugs include a beak with three segments, antenna that have four parts, wings that are not used for flying and short, golden-colored hairs and smelly, with a musty-sweetish odor produced through glands on the lower side of the body.

Bed bug eggs, in general, are tiny, the size of a pinhead pearl-white in color and marked by an eye spot if more than five days old.

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