Really Big Bed Bug
They don t jump or fly but they can move pretty fast.
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. An adult bed bug looks not unlike a lentil round brownish and flat. 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 also can look very different from person to person which is another reason why they can be so hard to diagnose. 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. 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. Once engorged the pest s body expands into a longer more cylindrical shape.
On average though they appear about the size of an apple seed. Typically bed bug nymphs will be smaller than a fully fed adult bed bug. Bed bug bites are very painful and itchy and are often mistaken for mosquito bites or pimples. The adult insects have a flat body shape compared to the nymphs especially after they feed.
Unfortunately there are plenty of bugs mistaken for bed bugs and you need to know which is which. The average adult bed bug size ranges from 1 4 to 3 16 of an inch in length.