Behavior
How bed bugs actually work
The biology and behavioral patterns drive every treatment decision. Skip the section if you just want to kill them. but the people who actually succeed at DIY usually understand this first.
Behavior
Where bed bugs hide: aggregation behavior and the spots you'll miss
Bed bugs return to the same hideout after each blood meal because of aggregation pheromones in their fecal spots. What that means: spray-where-you-see-bites almost always misses the actual population. Where to look instead.
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Behavior
Bed bug life cycle and reproduction: eggs, nymphs, generations
Up to 500 eggs per female over a lifetime, hatching in 6 to 10 days, full development in 5 to 8 weeks. Why every day of delay grows the problem and what 'two generations of discipline' actually means as a cleanup metric.
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