Bed Bug Info & Facts

• Bed bugs can lay one to five eggs in a day and more than 500 in a lifetime.
• Bed bugs can survive for several months without eating.
• Bed bugs can withstand a wide range of temperatures, from nearly freezing to 122 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Bed bug draws blood for about five minutes before retreating to digest.
• Bed bugs hatch-lings are so small they can pass through a stitch-hole in a mattress.
• Bed bugs can ingest seven times their own weight in blood, which would be the equivalent of an average-sized male drinking 120 gallons of liquid.
• Bed bugs are found in all 50 U.S. states.

By: National Pest Management Association