About The Bedbugs
Adult bedbugs are oval insects that are flattened and reddish brown in color. They are practically wingless (only small pads) and have piercingsucking mouthparts. The sole food of bedbugs is the blood of humans, but they also suck blood from other warm-blooded animals. Bedbugs can live for nearly a year without a blood meal, but they cannot reproduce after long periods without food. There are several species of bedbugs known to bite man. Most of these are associated with bats or are found in nests of birds. The common bedbug (human bedbug) is nocturnal in habit, taking blood meals at night and remaining hidden during the day. It can be found most frequently hiding in the seams and tufts of a mattress or in the cracks of bed frames. Other hiding places include behind wallpaper and wall decorations, in upholstered furniture, and in cracks and crevices of walls and window moldings. The human bedbug has glands on its body that secrete an odorous oily material. A room heavily infested with this species will usually have a characteristic odor. After feeding this species will defecate. This material will appear as small black specks on mattresses, sheets or in the vicinity of their hiding places.