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Are bed bugs attracted by heat or cold temperature?
Are bed bugs attracted by heat or cold temperature?
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Answer by Soapdish
Have you got bed bugs?
They might be attracted to hot temperatures.
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Heat. But not fire heat. They love luke-warm areas like beds where your body heat transfers at the night time! They also love the dark!
Yes, bed bugs are attracted to heat, but only ideal temperature ranges. Bed bugs cannot survive extreme temperatures. All insects have sub-optimum, optimum, and lethal temperature thresholds for growth, survival, multiplication, and mortality. For example, the ideal breeding temperature for a bed bug is between 70-80 degrees F – making most U.S. households ideal real estate for baby bed bugs! On the other hand, temperatures above 122 F cause a complete an immediate kill of the entire life cycle of the bed bug. Freezing temperatures are also lethal to bed bugs, but must be held for a longer duration of time.
Part of the theory on why bed bugs can find their bloodmeal (humans) is that they may be attracted to their body heat. There is a product on the market called the Nightwatch, used for detecting bed bug infestations. Designed to mimic a breathing human body, the product emits a combination of heat, CO2, and a kairomone.