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The five nymphal [[instar]]s (stages) must each take a blood meal to develop to the next stage.<ref name= bioofbedbug/> An undisturbed bug may take 3–15 minutes to ingest a full meal depending on its life stage. They can survive long periods of time without feeding, reappearing from their hiding places when hosts again become available. Adult bedbugs have been reported to live three to twelve months in an untreated household situation.<ref name="Ossa Johnson 2019"/>

In a laboratory attempt to crossbreed a female ''Cimex lectularius Linnaeus'' with ''Cimex hemipterus Fabricius'' males, one nymph hatched out of 479 eggs laid. It was determined to have to have hybrid characteristics and unlikely a product of [[parthenogenesis]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Newberry |first=K. |date=July 1988 |title=Production of a hybrid between the bedbugs Cimex hemipterus and Cimex lectularius |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2980186/ |journal=Medical and Veterinary Entomology |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=297–300 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2915.1988.tb00199.x |issn=0269-283X |pmid=2980186}}</ref>

==Behavior==