Dead Bug Walkin LLC

  Bed bugs are said to have originated around the same time as human beings thousands of years ago. The insects are about the size of an apple seed and are brown in color when fully grown. Nymphs appear transparent when they haven’t fed and bright red when engorged with blood. Speaking of blood, bed bugs solely survive on human blood and the blood of warm-blooded mammals when humans are not present in their environment. Since humans are the primary food source of bed bugs, these insects prefer to live with their host so as not to be separated from human blood. Because bed bugs cannot fly and are so tiny with no natural defense against predators, these insects are completely interior-dwelling parasites and do not live outdoors. Therefore, the insects have evolved to travel or ‘hitchhike’ to reach homes and apartments where the bugs will then set up shop near where a person spends a lot of time in one spot–usually the bed. In fact, many bed bug infestations occur within a few feet of...