Each year, bed bugs cause stress to thousands of people around the world. If you are one of them, it is important that you take the necessary steps to get rid of them as soon as possible. Although this task is not easy and you may need the help of an insect control expert, Bug Squad has a lot of guidelines to help you where possible and I encourage you to check yourself when fighting an attack. However, in this article, we will discuss a common question I ask my readers about the occurrence of flying bugs.
You may have learned something online about bed bugs, so it is a good idea that they should be able to use them in flight. Do bedbugs fly and use them? No, the fact is that once fully grown, the beetle has only wings and cannot be used to fly.
They appear just above the abdomen, below the head. They are very small. Just remember that nymphs (baby bugs) do not even have those wing tips in their body so looking for wings is not a good way to identify bugs.
The bug has six legs and long horns. If you come across an eight-legged blood-sucking insect, you are more likely to get a tick. If you find small bugs jumping while trying to catch them, you are likely to get fleas. Adult bed bugs are about 1/4 inch long and completely flat, unless they have received a recent blood meal.
The bugs do not have wings, but there is much you need to know. Bed bugs have wings but do not have fully developed or functional wings. Their wings do not grow because they do not need them. There are wing muscles in their thorax, but no wings are attached.
The ancestors of the bedbugs often had wings, but they prevented the bugs from trying to hide in small areas, so they continued to change until their wings stopped forming.
Bed bugs love to hide in small places, and having wings makes their bodies bigger and less flattering, so they are more of a problem for insects than for profit. Remember that evolution occurred thousands of years ago, so you will not be able to find a winged insect these days.
Besides, the bedbugs spend most of their life in hiding and only feeding, so they do not need wings to move quickly or to reach difficult terrain. They come anywhere just by crawling, and that is more than enough to survive.
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Baby bugs are very small (about 1mm) and can be very difficult to find, especially if they are trying to hide. Bed bugs often hide in holes and crevices in the ground, thus keeping them safe in your home. Bite bug bites can be painful and although they do not spread the disease, I strongly recommend that you treat the affected area and seek medical help if it starts to swell.
