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What Do Bedbugs Look Like?

Adult bedbugs have flat bodies about the size of an apple seed. After feeding, though, they swell and turn a reddish color.

Their flattened bodies make it possible for them to fit into tiny spaces, about the thickness of a credit card. This means they can get just about anywhere so long as there’s blood to feed on.

Bedbugs don’t make nests like ants or bees but tend to live in groups in hiding places. They don’t fly, but they can move quickly over floors, walls, and ceilings.

Female bedbugs may lay hundreds of eggs, each about the size of a speck of dust, over a lifetime. Immature bedbugs, called nymphs, shed their skins five times before they’re mature. They require a meal of blood before each shedding. Under favorable conditions, the bugs can develop fully in as little as a month and produce three or more generations per year. They can live from about 10 months to a year long.

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