Bed bugs can survive for up to a year without any food.
Bed bugs are not known to cause or spread diseases.
Bed bugs have no wings. They cannot jump or fly.
Bed bugs give off a smell similar to ripe raspberries.
Bed bugs can be extremely difficult and costly to get rid of.
A single female can lay anywhere from one to five eggs in a single day, and up to 200 to 500 eggs in a lifetime.
Bed bugs are attractive to the carbon dioxide in our breath.
Components in bed bug saliva act as an anesthetic and promote increased blood flow at the bite site, making the feeding process quick and nearly painless.
The ideal environment for an adult bedbug is between 70 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit, but exposure to temperatures over 120 degrees Fahrenheit for more than 15 minutes will prove deadly.
New York City has gone from 82 infestations in 2004 to 4,088 in 2009
Beagles can be trained to sniff them out.
When humans are not present, bed bugs have been found to accept birds, rodents, dogs, cats and other warm-blooded animals as secondary hosts.
Check out our Pest I.D pages for more info on bed bugs.