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How long can bed bugs survive without a blood meal?

April 26, 2017bed blood bugs meal survive

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How long can bed bugs survive without a blood meal?

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It’s not as easy as you would think to starve these little guys out by, say, just leaving your home for a couple of weeks. Bed bugs can survive without food (human blood) for 80 to 140 days; older stages can survive up to a year or longer without feeding than younger ones.