Really Big Bed Bug

Their flat wide bodies look significantly bigger after they ve taken a blood meal so a bed bug s actual size varies depending on whether the pests have fed.

Really big bed bug.

Bed bug bites are very painful and itchy and are often mistaken for mosquito bites or pimples. An adult bed bug looks not unlike a lentil round brownish and flat. Once engorged the pest s body expands into a longer more cylindrical shape. They also can look very different from person to person which is another reason why they can be so hard to diagnose.

The average adult bed bug size ranges from 1 4 to 3 16 of an inch in length. Although bedbugs aren t known to spread disease they can cause other public health and economic issues. About the size of an apple seed bedbugs hide in the cracks and crevices of beds box springs headboards bed frames and any other objects around a bed. I also learned that once you find out you have bed bugs they are very costly to get rid of upwards of 1500.

Being flat they can hide in the smallest of cracks behind wallpaper in the joints of the bed frame or their favourite in the buttons and seams of the mattress. They don t jump or fly but they can move pretty fast. The picture shows one of mine posing with my watch. A bed bug that has eaten a blood meal will be bigger than a regular one.

The adult insects have a flat body shape compared to the nymphs especially after they feed. If you believe that your home has fallen victim to a bed bug infestation it may be time to conduct some research to make sure that the little critters really are bed bugs.