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What Are Bed Bugs? Can You See Bed Bugs? Are Only Dirty People Affected? Do Bed Bugs Bite? Why Are Bed Bugs Back? Can Bed Bugs Pass Diseases? How Do I Know If I Have Bed Bugs? What Should I Do If I Think I Have Bed Bugs? How Do Bed Bugs Spread? How Do You Get Rid Of Bed Bugs? Where Can I Send A Sample For Identification? The PCO Treated My Home Why Arent The Bed Bugs Dying? What Attracts Bed Bugs? Why Are They Only Biting Me? What Are My Rights As A Tenant? What If I Have More Questions?

1. What are bed bugs?

Bed bugs are an insect belonging to the order Hemiptera (True Bugs).

Hemipteran insects have a mouth part called a proboscis that is modified for sucking fluids. In the case of the bed bug this fluid is blood.

Bed bugs appear flattened when viewed from the side, oval when viewed from the top, and can be anywhere from a couple of millimeters long (nymphs) to 6-8mm long (adults). Their colour varies depending upon their life stage and whether or not they have recently consumed a blood meal. Typically they are translucent yellow as young nymphs and a darker red-brown as adults.

2. Can you see bed bugs?

Bed bugs are certainly visible with the naked eye and are not to be confused with dust mites.

Adult bed bugs can get to be 6-8mm long (about the size of an apple seed). Bed bugs have five juvenile stages called nymphal instars (each progressively larger than the next). The first nymphal instar is about the size of a pinhead. The fifth nymphal instar is approximately 4.5mm long.

3. Are only dirty people affected?

Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions is that bed bugs are associated with unsanitary conditions. This could not be further from the truth.

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