Do bed bugs have wings?
Well, there are a lot of bugs that look like bed bugs. So if what’s bugging you is flying it’s probably not a bed bug.
Over the past 15 years, bed bugs have been on the rise nationwide and causing people a lot of sleepless nights and stress.
The first thing to do is remain calm and find out what you are dealing with so you can properly treat the problem.
If you do have bed bugs getting rid of them can be very difficult especially if you have a full-blown infestation.
At that point, the best thing to do is hire a professional to take care of this problem for you.
I was able to catch the problem early and eradicated bed bugs affordably, but it did try my patience and require more than one treatment to completely end the problem.
After you read this post you’ll be able to identify if you have bed bugs and what you can do to prevent and get rid of them fast.
What Do Bed Bugs Look Like?
There is a great pdf of the bed bug anatomy that you can check out here. It shows you clearly that bed bugs do have wing pads, but they are not able to fly.
So to answer the question…
Do bed bugs have wings?
No
They don’t fly which I’m very glad they can’t. These blood-suckers feed on human blood and sometimes animals too, but they prefer humans.
They are reddish-brown in color and about five millimeters in size. Their shape is oval and flat which makes it easy for them to hide in hard-to-reach areas.
To give you a better understanding of how small bed bugs are just take a look at the comparison of this one on the dime.
How To Prevent Bed Bugs
If you want to make sure you do your part to prevent bed bugs just follow the simple steps below:
- Check any second hand furniture for signs of bed bugs
- Check your headboard, box spring, and mattress
- Declutter your home – This gives bed bugs fewer places to hide
- Vacuum and immediately empty remains into the outside garbage
- Get a bed bug mattress encasement
- Bed bug interceptors stop bed bugs in their tracks before biting you
- Wash clothing in High Heat Setting And dry in Hight Heat Setting
- Spray Live Bed Bugs To Eradicate them on the Spot
When you follow these steps you will dramatically improve your chances of preventing bed bugs.
How To Get Rid Of Bed Bugs
I hate to imagine how much worse bed bugs would be if they did have wings.
Getting rid of bed bugs is where you need to decide on the method of treatment.
Also, do you want to get rid of bed bugs on your own with a do-it-yourself method or hire a technician to do this for you.
Either is fine, the most important thing is that you completely eliminate all bed bugs from your home and permanently.
Most pest control technicians will probably agree that they would recommend heat treatment as the most effective treatment for a full-blown infestation of your home.
This is very expensive, but it’s proven to work.
If you only have bed bugs in a room or contained in a certain area of your home then you can use do-it-yourself methods that worked for me.
This is definitely the most inexpensive way to handle this problem, but you will need to be persistent and diligent to completely get rid of bed bugs.
If you decide that you want to do it yourself in order to save money then you can learn more about what you should do to treat your home for bed bugs here.
Conclusion
Do bed bugs have wings? They have wing pads, but they can’t fly.
They don’t jump either and actually move pretty slowly, but they are very resilient and excellent at hiding.
If you find that you do have bed bugs then you need to act fast because they quickly spread from room to room creating a bigger problem.
Try to remain calm and quickly identify what bug you are dealing with if it’s a bed bug you can find the solutions to your problem on this website.