Life Cycle Stages Of Bed Bugs
The egg is approximately 1 mm in length and is comparable in size to two grains of salt.
Life cycle stages of bed bugs. When bed bug eggs hatch baby bed bugs also known as nymphs will pass through five distinct life stages before maturing to adulthood. This entire image is the size of a penny 19mm and gives you an idea of the size at each stage. Throughout these nymph stages the bed bugs are not mature so they will not begin to breed until they are fully adults.
2 nd stage nymph 2 mm. Life cycle of bed bugs. The stages are as follows.
There are five stages of growth that nymphs go through. A bed bug s life begins with an egg grain like and milky white in color. 1 st stage nymph 1 5 mm.
Nymphs need one blood meal in order to molt to the next life stage becoming larger with each stage. The nymph that hatches from the egg is the second stage of the life cycle of the bed bug. Female bed bugs lay between one and five eggs each day and may lie up to 500 eggs within one lifetime.
1st stage nymphs are 1 5 millimeters in length. The full bed bug life cycle process can take as little as 5 weeks and as long as 4 6 months. During its lifetime a bed bug will go through the following stages starting from the top left moving counterclockwise.
As soon as they come out of their eggs they can start feeding immediately. It is possible that the cycle may take longer if the food is limited. It takes around 5 weeks till the nymphs become adults.
Bed bug at different stages of life cycle shown below is a bed bug at different stages of development egg 5 nymphal stages and 2 adult bed bugs. Bed bugs require blood meal to facilitate their transitions from one stage to another. Bed bugs lay eggs in clusters in the cracks of floors and nooks.
The life cycle of bed bugs takes about 40 days when they are well fed. A female adult bed bug lays 250 to 300 eggs in their life span. After one or two weeks these eggs hatch into nymphs and they start scouting for mammals to begin their feeding.
Eggs are laid singly or in clusters and are placed within tight cracks or crevices. Baby bed bugs or nymph go through 5 distinct life stages before maturing to adulthood.
