Have you ever seen a bed bug egg sack? I know it’s hard to imagine it but, yes, there are actually eggs inside. Unlike other insects that lay eggs in a place that they hatch, such as in the case of butterflies and moths, bed bug eggs are always attached to surfaces like walls, bed frames or furniture. The reason for this is to keep the young insect protected from predators, parasites and competitors for food. This also helps the baby insect to establish its territory after it hatches. Everyone has questions about bed bugs. How do you get rid of them? What are the eggs called? Where do they come from? What do they look like? Most importantly, how can you prevent them from affecting your home or business? Bed bug eggs are not the easiest things to find. They look very similar to moth egg sacks, but the more you know what to look for, the easier it is to identify and eliminate.

Bed Bug Egg Sack

Bed bug eggs are so small that they are almost invisible to the naked eye

• Bed bug eggs are so tiny that they are almost invisible to the naked eye. Use a magnifying glass to get a better look at them, but don’t try using your phone camera – bed bug eggs can be so small that they will simply blend in with the background.
• It is best to observe bed bug eggs under bright light, as even their translucent shells make it difficult to see them clearly. If you hold them up against something dark (like black construction paper), their size becomes more apparent.
• Look for individual or paired eggs on sheets, mattresses, linens and furniture near where you sleep. The most common place for bed bugs to lay their eggs is in seams of mattresses and box springs – here’s how you check for these tiny critters:
• For mattresses: Remove the pillow covers from both sides of the mattress where they meet at its center seam; look carefully inside each one using your magnifier (if there are no zippers). This way you can avoid disturbing any hidden clusters of eggs that may have been laid beneath fabric folds (which would otherwise cause confusion over whether they are actually present). Any signs of white specks should be investigated further before beginning treatment steps if possible!

Bed bug eggs can be found in all kinds of places

• Bed bug eggs can be found in all kinds of places throughout your home.
• Eggs are usually laid in the seams of mattresses, box springs and bed frames. They’re also often found in furniture legs, crevices between walls and baseboards, cracks in wood flooring, wallpaper joints and electrical outlets.
• Eggs can also be found on clothing or other objects that have been left undisturbed for some time (for example: couches kept folded away for years). Bed bugs will lay their eggs here if there aren’t any other options available to them — especially if it’s too late in the season for them to go back out into the wild again (which only happens once per year).

Bed bugs don’t care how clean or dirty your home is

• Bed bugs don’t care if your house is clean or dirty.
• They only care about feeding on you.
• You could be bitten in a 5 star hotel just as easily as you could be bitten in an apartment building.

So, if you’re thinking that the fact that your home is clean will protect you from bed bug bites, think again! Those little critters are everywhere!

You may not see anything but you can smell them

I know what you’re thinking. If you aren’t seeing the bed bugs or their eggs, why would you want to remove them? Well, there is one way that you can know for sure if there are bed bugs in your home: by their smell. Bed bug pheromones are a chemical that is produced by and emitted from female bed bugs after they feed on blood. The pheromones are what make up the aroma of a bed bug infestation—and it’s not pleasant!

Bed bugs produce this odor when they’re looking for mates (also known as swarming). Male bed bugs also use these chemicals to find females before mating takes place. The musty smell has been compared to rotten fruit and even cilantro. While some people may not be bothered by the scent, others have reported headaches and nausea after being exposed to it repeatedly over time

In really bad infestations you could have bed bugs crawling all over you at night

Bed bugs also like to hide in cracks and crevices. Because of their size, many people don’t realize they’ve been bitten until it’s too late. In really bad infestations you could have bed bugs crawling all over you at night. This can be especially dangerous for young children who may not be able to move away from the insects or may not know how to get rid of them themselves. Bed bugs are attracted to human skin by carbon dioxide so if you breathe heavier when sleeping, this will attract more bed bugs as well!

Its hard to find bed bugs in the daytime because they hide during the day

Bed bug eggs are small and oval in shape. They contain a single bed bug larva, which hatches after about 10 days. The newly hatched larva is called a first instar nymph and it’s about the size of a poppy seed. It will immediately start feeding on its own egg sack, then move on to other things like carpet fibers or woodwork if there aren’t any other food sources around. If you’re wondering how many bed bugs can fit in an egg sac, the answer is somewhere between 200-500!

Only female bed bugs bite humans

Only female bed bugs bite humans. Why? To get the food and nutrients she needs to lay eggs. Females need to feed on blood in order to produce more eggs because they die after laying a single batch of eggs.

How does this help the species? If all the female bed bugs died after laying one batch of eggs, there would be no new generation! So it’s very important for them to eat blood before they can reproduce again.

What else is unique about the female bed bug? It has been reported that some males have developed a few vestigial mouthparts that resemble those of females so they can feed on human blood as well. But this behavior will not allow them to reproduce or increase their population size because they cannot lay any viable eggs with these rudimentary mouthparts

Bed bugs are attracted to human skin by carbon dioxide

Bed bugs are attracted to human skin by carbon dioxide. They are not attracted to dirt or filth, and they will not carry disease. Bed bugs can live for up to a year without eating; they do not need to feed on blood every day.

Bed bugs do not bite because they are hungry and looking for food—they bite because it is part of their life cycle. A female bed bug lays her eggs in small batches of about five at a time (it takes about five minutes) and the eggs mature into larvae in about 10 days before hatching into nymphs that look like adults except smaller. After another 10 days those grow up into adults that mate, lay more eggs and start the whole cycle over again!

A good nights sleep is worth more than money

You might think that a good nights sleep is worth less than money, but you would be wrong. Sleep is important for your health and well-being in many ways:

• It helps you think clearly and make decisions more easily.
• It keeps your immune system healthy so that you won’t get sick as often.
• It provides energy for the day ahead, so you can do more productive things with your time than just sitting around wishing it was all over already because of a lack of energy!
• And finally, it makes us feel better about ourselves (which is always good).

Most people don’t suspect they have a bed bug infestation and will keep sleeping in the same room where they have been bitten and then they will be bitten again and again and again. If you don’t do something about it you can end up living with bed bugs for years and years.

Bed bugs are small, flat and brown. They hide in cracks and crevices during the daytime and come out to feed at night. Bed bugs pierce the skin of their host with an elongated beak through which they withdraw blood. Their saliva is anticoagulant, which helps them keep the blood flowing as they suck it up.

Most people don’t suspect they have a bed bug infestation and will keep sleeping in the same room where they have been bitten and then they will be bitten again and again and again. If you don’t do something about it you can end up living with bed bugs for years and years