Are Bed Bugs Gray In Color

Last but not least on our list of bugs that look like bed bugs booklice look a lot like bed bug nymphs.

Are bed bugs gray in color.

In general adult bed bugs are about the size of an apple seed or a grain of rice and nymphs are smaller. They are translucent white gray or light brown and have three clear body segments. A change in egg color may suggest that the bed bug is dead. They are smaller in size ranging from translucent white to gray or brown in color.

There are other factors to egg color classification such as bug genetics. Engorged bed bugs are red brown color after a blood meal. They can often be found under wallpaper and along the sides of windows and window sills. Once bed bug eggs are dead they may dry out and change in color.

Unfed bed bugs are flat and broad oval. They are very prolific and a female bed bug can lay approximately five eggs in 1 day and about 500 during her lifetime. Small in size they do not feed on blood but on fungi pollen mold etc. They are normally white or near white.

Fed bed bugs become swollen and more elongated. Their primary food source is fungi pollen mold and fragments of dead insects. Unfed adult bed bugs are mahogany to rusty brown color. They are usually a translucent or whitish yellow in color unless they have recently fed and then they are a red color.

Their colors range from translucent white to gray or brown. Are bed bugs eggs grey once they are dead. An adult book louse is much smaller than an adult bed bug growing only from 1 1 5 mm long. Bed bugs can be identified and differentiated from other pests by their s ix legs.

Sometimes booklice are mistaken for bed bug nymphs because of their light color but their elongated shape and pronounced head helps to identify them.