Blue Mound, TX Bedbugs, Fleas & Ticks - Bed bugs are six legged parasitic creatures that draw human and dog blood. Their size is approximately 1/4 of an inch with an oblong flat appearance. Their size is comparable to an apple seed. The top of area of their bodies has gold shaded hair, antennae and cone like eyes. The lower part of their own bodies is wrinkly like crinkled paper. Bedbugs cannot fly but they can crawl very fast. They develop and multiply within a temperature range of 70 degrees as much as 80 degrees. A bed bug, is called a nymph, they are clear in color and changes into a red color after feeding. To arrive at adulthood, a nymph bed bug has to shed its skin about 5 times. A typical female can lay 5 up to 7 eggs weekly and may produce as much as five-hundred eggs throughout its life span of Twelve months to eighteen months. The eggs will hatch in just 6 to 17 days when they become known as nymphs. Bed Bug eggs are resistant to pesticides. Bedbugs hide in beds, rugs, blankets, clothing, underneath wallpaper, under rags, between window curtain folds, behind wall decorations and behind wooden home furniture. They love to strike in the evening and they will remain active until right before dawn. Bedbugs bite uncovered skin of a person in an infested bed and leave reddish colored scratchy spots. They just don't wander away from sleeping and relaxing areas but they manage to travel more than 100 feet during the night to search for food. Bed bugs were once terminated in the United States however they are making a comeback by making use of international travelers.