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Bed Bugs

• Adult bed bugs are about 1/4 inch long. Nymphs, baby bed bugs, range from 1.3 mm to 4-5 mm.
• Unfed adults are mahogany to rusty brown; engorged bed bug is red-brown after a blood meal. Nymphs (baby bed bugs) are nearly colorless when they first hatch and become brownish as they mature.
• Found throughout the U.S., bed bugs often hide behind baseboards and in cracks, crevices, and folded areas of beds, bedding and adjacent furniture, especially mattresses and box springs.
• They can also hide in electrical switchplates, picture frames, wallpaper and nearly anywhere inside a home, car, bus, or other shelter.
• They are good travelers, they hide in suitcases, boxes and shoes.
• Bed bugs ususally come out at night for a “blood meal.” Bed bugs dine on any warm-blooded animal, but they primarily dine on humans.
• Bed bugs do not transmit diseases, but their bites can become red, itchy welts.