The nymphs can reach adulthood in as little as 21 days under favorable conditions of temperatures between 70-80ºF (21-27ºC) and constant access to a blood meal, but it more realistically takes around 5 weeks to reach maturity, and this is when you’re likely to see the infestation start to show.
Similarly, can bed bug eggs lay dormant?
Can Bed Bug Eggs Go Dormant? If the temperature is colder than usual, bed bug eggs will take longer to hatch. If it’s too cold, then they will be unable to develop, and won’t hatch at all. They may then stay dormant until the temperature rises again.
Correspondingly, can bed bugs go away and come back?
Bed bugs can return after treatment. Even professional exterminators can miss eggs hiding in unlikely places. And even if every egg is destroyed, it only takes one new bed bug to be brought into your home, and you potentially have a brand-new infestation.
Can bed bugs just disappear?
Bed bugs will not just go away on their own. … The answer is that you have to take concerted, consistent action to actively kill all the bed bugs in your house. If even a single impregnated female bed bug survives, the nightmare of bed bug infestation could start all over again!
How fast do bedbugs multiply?
Is it possible to only have a few bed bugs?
It’s impossible to say that there’s never only one bed bug, but it’s unlikely. Even if there is just one, if it’s a pregnant female, it won’t be long before there are many, many more.