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    A tiny bedbug is becoming a growing problem in some parts of the country according to the EPA. Adult bedbugs are about 1/4 inch long and feed on human blood. Female bedbugs can lay up to 200 eggs in their lifetime at a rate of 1 to 12 eggs per day, with nymphs emerging within 6 to 17 days and reaching maturity within 10 weeks.

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    A tiny bedbug is becoming a growing problem in some parts of the country according to the EPA. Adult bedbugs are about 1/4 inch long and feed on human blood. Female bedbugs can lay up to 200 eggs in their lifetime at a rate of 1 to 12 eggs per day, with nymphs emerging within 6 to 17 days and reaching maturity within 10 weeks.

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    A tiny bedbug is becoming a growing problem in some parts of the country according to the EPA. Adult bedbugs are about 1/4 inch long and feed on human blood. Female bedbugs can lay up to 200 eggs in their lifetime at a rate of 1 to 12 eggs per day, with nymphs emerging within 6 to 17 days and reaching maturity within 10 weeks.

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    TINY BUG, BIG PROBLEM

    The blood-sucking insect, highly adapted to human


    environments such as mattresses, sofas and sheets, is
    becoming a growing problem in some parts of the country,
    according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

    Bedbug Size Adults Female


    can be about ingesting
    Cimex blood
    lectularius ¼ inch

    Fertile insect
    A female bedbug
    lays about 200 eggs
    during her
    1 inch life span at a rate
    of one to 12 eggs per
    day; within six to 17
    days, bedbug
    nymphs emerge from
    the eggs; after
    approximately 10
    Actual weeks, the nymphs
    size reach maturity.
    Sources: U.S. Centers for Disease Control
    and Prevention; McClatchy Tribune ALBERTO CUADRA : C H R O N I C L E

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