Crowley, TX Bedbugs, Fleas & Ticks - Bedbugs are six legged parasitic pests that draw human and dog blood. Their size is approximately 1/4 inch with an oval flat form. Their size resembles an apple seed. Top of the area of their body has gold shaded hair, antennae and cone like eyes. The lower part of their bodies is wrinkly like crinkled paper. Bed bugs cannot fly but they can crawl very fast. They develop and multiply in the temperature range of 70 degrees up to 80 degrees Fahrenheit. A young bed bug, is referred to as a nymph, they are see-through in color and changes into a red color after eating. To arrive at adulthood, a nymph bed bug needs to shed its skin about five times. A normal female can lay five to seven eggs each week and may produce as much as five hundred eggs throughout its life span of 12 months to eighteen months. The eggs will hatch out within 6 to 17 days when they become known as nymphs. Bed Bug eggs are resistant to pesticides or herbicides. Bed bugs hide in bedding, rugs, quilts, clothes, underneath wallpaper, under cloths, between window curtain folds, behind wall decors and behind wooden home furniture. They like to attack through the night and they will remain active right up until right before daybreak. Bedbugs bite exposed skin of a individual in an infested bed and leave red scratchy bites. They don't wander away from sleeping and relaxing areas nevertheless they manage to travel over 100 ft throughout the night to search for food.