On average though they appear about the size of an apple seed.
Really big bed bug.
Once engorged the pest s body expands into a longer more cylindrical shape.
The adult insects have a flat body shape compared to the nymphs especially after they feed.
I also learned that once you find out you have bed bugs they are very costly to get rid of upwards of 1500.
Their flat wide bodies look significantly bigger after they ve taken a blood meal so a bed bug s actual size varies depending on whether the pests have fed.
An adult bed bug looks not unlike a lentil round brownish and flat.
They also can look very different from person to person which is another reason why they can be so hard to diagnose.
The average adult bed bug size ranges from 1 4 to 3 16 of an inch in length.
The picture shows one of mine posing with my watch.
Being flat they can hide in the smallest of cracks behind wallpaper in the joints of the bed frame or their favourite in the buttons and seams of the mattress.
Unfortunately there are plenty of bugs mistaken for bed bugs and you need to know which is which.
Typically bed bug nymphs will be smaller than a fully fed adult bed bug.
A bed bug that has eaten a blood meal will be bigger than a regular one.
About the size of an apple seed bedbugs hide in the cracks and crevices of beds box springs headboards bed frames and any other objects around a bed.
Although bedbugs aren t known to spread disease they can cause other public health and economic issues.