Cross Roads, TX Bedbugs, Fleas & Ticks - Bed bugs are six legged parasitic creatures that suck human and animal blood. Their length is approximately 1/4 of an inch with an oval flat appearance. Their size is comparable to an apple seed. The upper part of their body has gold tinted hair, antennae and cone like eyes. The lower portion of their own bodies is wrinkly similar to crinkled paper. Bedbugs are unable to fly but they can crawl very fast. They will increase and multiply in the temperature range of 70 degrees around 80 degrees. A young bedbug, is known as a nymph, they are clear in color and changes into a bright red color after eating. To arrive at adulthood, a nymph bed bug needs to shed its skin about 5 times. A typical female can lay five to seven eggs per week and may produce approximately five hundred eggs throughout its life of Twelve months to 1.5 years. The eggs will hatch out within 6 to 17 days when they become known as nymphs. Bed Bug eggs are resistant to pesticide sprays. Bedbugs hide in mattresses, carpeting and rugs, blankets, clothing, underneath wallpaper, under rags, between curtain folds, behind wall decors and behind wood furnishings. They like to strike in the evening and they will remain active right up until just before dawn. Bedbugs bite uncovered skin of a person sleeping in an infested bed and then leave red-colored itchy spots.