Do bed bugs jump

Bed bugs - domestic pests that live next to a person and eat his blood. Almost everyone knows about their existence, but not everyone imagines what an insect looks like. And once having met a parasite in their apartment, some residents of the metropolis simply do not recognize him as a bloodsucker. There are many myths about half-winged, created on erroneous information. So according to one of them, parasites are able to fly and even jump. Well, in fact, bugs are jumping or crawling, this article will tell.

What does a pest look like?

Hemopterans are insects small to 6 mm long, having a flattened, segmented body. Them sizes increase almost 2 times when pests are saturated with blood. At such a moment, the body acquires a darker color. The insect has legs, antennae and a pricking proboscis with which it pierces human skin.

White slightly elongated bed bug eggs remind rice grains, on each of which there is a peculiar cap. It is through her newborn larva and begins his life's journey. Larvae, like adults, prey at night, attacking a sleeping person.

Features of the movement of parasites

The question of whether bed bugs are jumping is puzzled by those who once discovered a parasite falling on the bed. Maybe this will calm someone, but bedbugs can’t completely jump, much less to fly. Their limbs are not adapted for jumping, like green grasshoppers or fleas. Moreover, the absence of wings in domestic pests makes them unable to fly. Bed bloodsuckers are only able to crawl - they can move at a speed of 1 m per minute.

Given the fact that bed bugs do not jump, you can protect your bed from parasites by constructing obstacles in the form of double-sided tape on the legs of the bed. Pest access can also be limited by placing the bed legs in a container filled with water. But if a person sleeps, and a blanket or plaid suddenly descends to the floor, insects can easily climb on it. Moreover, there are cases when bed bugs they even climbed the ceiling, diving from it onto the bed.

Signs of infection

You can verify the presence of bloodsuckers in the apartment by the following featured:

• red spots on the body - the result bedbug biteslocated nearby, they resemble the trajectory of the parasite;
• characteristic blood stains on the sheet;
• the presence on the furniture of excrement in the form of tiny dark brown balls;
• specific smell - it is secreted by a special insect gland.

Such signs indicate infection of the apartment with pests and the need for urgent measures. Only timely bedbug control will give a positive result, and then the question is, do the bloodsuckers jump or not, you won’t.