Bed Bug Molting Stages
Most skin shells are transparent in nature which makes them harder to spot with the naked eye.
Bed bug molting stages. The bugs will undergo five nymphal stages 2 3 4 5 6 each one requiring a blood meal before molting to the next stage with the fifth stage molting into an adult 7. As soon as they come out. After molting again bed bugs become 3rd stage nymphs.
Eggs hatch in about 4-12 days into first instar nymphs 2 which must take a blood meal before molting to the next stage. Thats why its reasonably to exterminate them immediately when you spot the bugs. First-stage instar nymph 15 mm.
By the third stage the bed bug has molted twice. Second-stage instar nymph 2 mm. Shedding of the skin from infancy to adulthood involves five phases of shedding the bed bug skin.
During its lifetime a bed bug will go through the following stages Starting from the top left moving counterclockwise. 1 st stage nymph 15 mm. At this stage bed bugs get to be 3 millimeters long.
At this point they are around 25 millimeters long. They start changing their color from milky white to yellowtan. The color of nymphs also change.
You will find various sizes of bed bug skins depending on the stage of life. Bed bug egg 1 mm. This makes this insect able to multiply really fast.

