Boueti Bed Bugs are primarily interested in bats and live in dark, cave-like, cold conditions. They usually avoid human beings and only during scarcity of their primary feed source, do they opt for other animals, including human beings who live in areas surrounded by bat populations. At times, they transmit deadly viruses or bacteria from bats to humans.
| Common name | Boueti Bed Bug |
|---|---|
| Scientific name | Cilmex Lectularius Linnaeus |
| Size | Approx 5-7 mm |
| Nymphs development time | Approx 1 to 1 .5 months |
| Habitat | Hiding mattresses, box springs, bed frames and headboards |
| Life span | Approx 10 months |
GIST OF LIFE CYCLE:Female bed bugs cement their small, oval eggs in batches of about three to eight eggs at a time and a total of 300 to 500 eggs by a single bug.It is tiny, the size of a pinhead, and is approx 1 mm. pearl-white in colour and marked by an eye spot if more than five days old. Eggs hatch approx. 6 to 10 days.
Nymphs:During the lifetime of a bed bug we will see the following nymph stages:
In general, young bed bugs or nymphs are smaller, translucent or whitish-yellow in colour and if not recently fed, are nearly invisible to the naked eye because of their coloring and size. Bed bugs can become full-grown in about one to one and half months. It requires a blood meal for it to moth to the next stage. In general, young bed bugs or nymphs are smaller, translucent or whitish-yellow in colour and if not recently fed, are nearly invisible to the naked eye because of their colouring and size.
Adults:Adult bed bugs have a long and brown, flat, oval-shaped body. If they had fed on blood recently, they become balloon-like, reddish-brown and more elongated.
The overall life span of bed bug is about ten months.
