Sunday, August 16, 2026

Tech Test: Revisit your bed bug knowledge

Edited by Mark VanderWerp, BCE, manager of education and training, Rose Pest Solutions, Madison Heights, Mich.

Adult common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) (PHOTO: © GENE WHITE)
Adult common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) (PHOTO: © GENE WHITE)

An eggscellent ability to reproduce

Access to regular bloodmeals determines the number of egg batches a female bed bug has in her lifetime. The more bloodmeals she takes, the more eggs she will produce. An adult female bed bug lives an average of one year, so if she feeds every week, she will produce more eggs than she would if she feeds only once a month.

SOURCE: Virginia Tech Entomology Department

Answers to August Tech Test

1. a, 2. False, 3. a, 4. True, 5. d, 6. False, 7. b, 8. c, 9. c, 10. True

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