🛏️ Bedbugs (Cimex lectularius) are small, reddish-brown, wingless insects that feed on human and animal blood. They are nocturnal parasites, meaning they hide during the day and come out at night to bite their sleeping hosts.
Key Characteristics:
✅ Size & Appearance: About the size of an apple seed (4-7 mm long), flat, oval-shaped, and brownish-red after feeding.
✅ Lifespan: Can live 6-12 months, with females laying 200-500 eggs in their lifetime.
✅ Movement: They don’t fly or jump, but they crawl quickly across floors, walls, and furniture.
Where Do They Hide?
🔍 Bedbugs love tight, dark spaces near their food source. Common hiding spots include:
Mattress seams, bed frames, and headboards
Cracks in walls, baseboards, and furniture
Electrical outlets and behind wallpaper
Inside luggage, clothing, and secondhand furniture
How Do They Affect Humans?
Bedbugs bite to feed on blood, usually leaving small, red, itchy welts on the skin. While they don’t transmit diseases, their bites can cause allergic reactions, insomnia, and stress.
Do you think you might have a bedbug problem? I can help you identify the signs and get rid of them!
Key Characteristics:
✅ Size & Appearance: About the size of an apple seed (4-7 mm long), flat, oval-shaped, and brownish-red after feeding.
✅ Lifespan: Can live 6-12 months, with females laying 200-500 eggs in their lifetime.
✅ Movement: They don’t fly or jump, but they crawl quickly across floors, walls, and furniture.
Where Do They Hide?
🔍 Bedbugs love tight, dark spaces near their food source. Common hiding spots include:
Mattress seams, bed frames, and headboards
Cracks in walls, baseboards, and furniture
Electrical outlets and behind wallpaper
Inside luggage, clothing, and secondhand furniture
How Do They Affect Humans?
Bedbugs bite to feed on blood, usually leaving small, red, itchy welts on the skin. While they don’t transmit diseases, their bites can cause allergic reactions, insomnia, and stress.
Do you think you might have a bedbug problem? I can help you identify the signs and get rid of them!
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