💡Bedbugs can survive up to 300 days without feeding if the environment is cool.
🔬Bedbugs are attracted to vertical objects, mimicking humans sleeping at the highest elevation.
💤Half of the population has no reaction to bedbug bites and immune to its saliva.
💰Before 1950, one in three houses had bedbugs, but now it's one in a thousand.
⚠️Bedbugs are most active from midnight to 3:00 AM and take more than 10 minutes to approach and feed.
Do bedbugs transmit diseases?
—No, bedbugs do not carry or transmit any diseases.
What attracts bedbugs?
—Bedbugs are attracted to body heat and carbon dioxide emitted by humans.
Can bedbugs survive without feeding?
—Bedbugs can survive up to 300 days without feeding if the environment is cool.
Do bedbug bites have an effect on everyone?
—No, only about 50% of the population react to bedbug bites.
How common are bedbug infestations?
—Bedbug infestations occur in one in a thousand houses or apartments in the US currently.
00:00The video explores the fascinating world of bedbugs, debunking myths and revealing facts.
02:10Bedbugs are flat and pass through five stages of growth before becoming adults.
05:07Bedbugs detect body heat and carbon dioxide emitted by humans to locate potential hosts.
08:33Bedbugs are attracted to vertical objects, mimicking humans sleeping at the highest elevation.
10:32Before 1950, one in three houses had bedbugs, but now it's one in a thousand.
