How do bed bugs reproduce?
Bed bugs reproduce through a process called traumatic insemination, where males pierce the female’s abdomen with their needle-like genitalia and inject sperm. The sperm is stored in the female’s body and fertilizes the eggs as they are ready to be laid.
The female then lays several eggs daily, usually in hidden areas near a food source.
The eggs hatch into nymphs, and after five molts, the nymphs molt into adults, who can then mate and continue to reproduce.