Every body is scared of bedbug eggs, but think about it, bedbug eggs do nothing.
- Eggs are sticky and adhere to most surfaces
- Incubation takes 7-10 days,
- Heat makes eggs incubates faster and cold slows them down.
- No egg can go dormant.
It is when they hatch that they become a problem.
- Female bedbugs always lay their eggs away from the light and not too far from human host so that her babies will easily find food when they hatch.
- Hatchlings have to feed in the following days after hatching, If they do not feed, they cannot molt into the next stage and will die.
- No hatchling can go dormant.
… will now hide for 5-7 days to molt into the next stage.
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The trap catches hatchlings before they can feed
The Best Bedbug Mom in the World
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Additional
by Michael F. Potter, Extension Entomologist
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
Adult bed bugs are about 3/16” long and reddish-brown, with oval-shaped, flattened bodies. They are sometimes mistaken for ticks, cockroaches, carpet beetles or other household insects. The immature bed bugs (nymphs) resemble the adults, but are smaller and lighter in color. Bed bugs do not fly, and they don’t jump like fleas do ― but they can crawl rapidly over floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces. Adult females lay their eggs in secluded places, depositing 1, 2 or more eggs per day, potentially hundreds during their lifetime. The eggs are tiny (about the size of a dust spec), whitish and hard to see without magnification, especially on light-colored surfaces. When first laid, the eggs are sticky, causing them to adhere to surfaces. At room temperatures, bed bug eggs hatch in about a week. Newly emerged nymphs are straw-colored and no bigger than a pinhead.
