Pest Control : Sydney bed bugs

Appearance:

Bed bugs are flat, reddish-brown, and some what oval and flat and about 5-6mm long or the size of an apple seed. Swollen and reddish after a blood meal, and may have a creamy color before a feed.

Habit:

Bed bugs are often found hiding in Cracks and crevices including mattress seams, sheets, furniture, behind baseboards, electrical outlet plates and picture frames. Often found in hotels, where they can travel from room to room and in visitors’ luggage.

Diet:

Bed bugs preferably feed on human blood but they can also make use of other hosts such as bats, poultry and other birds.

Reproduction:

Female bed bugs deposit their eggs into cracks and crevices or on rough surfaces. The female bed bug lay one to five eggs a day, and may lay 200 to 500 eggs in her lifetime. Under ideal conditions, the egg to adult cycle takes about 21 days Nymphs go through 5 molts and require a blood feed before each moult. In the absence of blood meals, nymph have been known to survive for 2 years

An adult Bed bug under normal room temperatures and with an adequate food supply, can live over 300 days.

To speak to one of our Qualified Technicians about Bed Bugs Please call 0425 218 172