Adult bedbugs are reddish-brown, flattened, oval, and wingless, about 1/4-inch in length. Bed bugs are wingless, and from above they are oval in shape, but they are flattened from top to bottom.
Pale brown with whitish
stripes across abdomen; narrow
oval shape; 1/4- to 3/8-inch. Females are easily recognized by long thin
proboscis, or mouthparts, extending
from the
head.
Ticks vary in color by species. Adult ticks are 1/8- to 5/8-inch long if engorged with blood, nymphal (or immature) ticks are less than 1/16-inch. Common pest ticks include the American dog tick, deer tick, and lone star tick.