Quick Facts About Bed Bugs
- Bed bugs can survive up to 1 year without feeding
- Bed bugs are the most difficult pest to exterminate
- Bed bugs cannot jump or fly
- Unfed adults are around 6 – 10 mm long
- Bed bugs enjoy the dark, but are not exclusively nocturnal
- Bed bugs hide in cracks and crevices of your bed frame, surrounding furniture and walls
- Bed bug eggs are clear white with a little cap on the end and a small red dot (1mm long)
- Pesticides are becoming less effective because bed bugs have developed a resistance
- Bed bugs can lay 1 to 5 eggs a day and more than 500 in a lifetime
- Bed bug cannot survive freezing temperatures
- It takes a bed bug about 5 minutes to draw blood and return home to digest
- Bed bugs are found all across North America
- Bed bugs do not transmit disease
- Reactions to bed bug bites vary depending on the victims sensitivity to bites
- Early detection, prevention and monitoring are an essential process to eliminating bed bugs
- Bed bugs can live in clean environments
- Bed bugs can be detected with the naked eye
