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Overview: What bed Bugs look like to the Naked eye

The following Bed Bugs pictures can help identify bugs in your home or apartment as well as any bites or symptoms on your body.

Bed bugs at all stages can be seen with the naked eye. When they hatch the insects are small, so a magnifying glass and flashlight can aid in the inspection process.

Bed bugs have a flat, oval-round body shape and have 6 legs.

When looking for bed bugs in the home, first realize that they follow a lifecycle.

The insects start as an egg, move through infancy (called being an Instar or nymph), followed by adulthood (see life cycle chart below and National Geographic video).

In terms of skin reactions, it varies by person.

Some people are not allergic to bed bug bites and will show no skin reaction.

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Others are highly allergic and will experience red skin bumps, irritation, and rash. Severe cases result in rashes. See pictures below for examples.

Bed bugs live for approximately 10 months and move through a life cycle from e

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