Bedbug

A bedbug (or bed bug) is a small, elusive, parasitic insect of the family Cimicidae. They live by feeding on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The name 'bed bug' is used as the bug likes to live in houses, and especially in beds or other areas where people may sleep. Bedbugs are mainly active at night and can feed without people noticing. They leave a small itchy bite, like a mosquito.

Bedbug
Cimex lectularius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Cimicomorpha
Superfamily:	Cimicoidea
Family:	Cimicidae Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies, Genera & Species
Subfamily Afrociminae Genus Afrocimex Afrocimex constrictus Subfamily Cimicinae Genus Bertilia Genus Cimex Cimex adjunctus Cimex antennatus Cimex brevis Cimex columbarius Cimex incrassatus Cimex latipennis Cimex lectularius Cimex hemipterus (C. rotundatus) Cimex pilosellus Cimex pipistrella Genus Oeciacus Oeciacus hirundinis Oeciacus vicarius Genus Paracimex Genus Propicimex Subfamily Cacodminae Genus Aphrania Genus Cacodomus Genus Crassicimex Genus Leptocimex Leptocimex boueti Genus Loxaspis Genus Stricticimex Subfamily Haematosiphoninae Genus Caminicimex Genus Cimexopsis Cimexopsis nyctalis Genus Haematosiphon Haematosiphon inodorus Genus Hesperocimex Hesperocimex coloradensis Hesperocimex sonorensis Genus Ornithocoris Ornithocoris pallidus Ornithocoris toledoi Genus Psitticimex Genus Synxenoderus Synxenoderus comosus Subfamily Latrocimicinae Genus Latrocimex Subfamily Primicimicinae Genus Bucimex Genus Primicimex Primicimex cavernis

Bedbug Media

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  Bedbug bites

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  An adult bed bug is about 4 to 5 mm long.

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  1870s–1890s advertisement for a bed bug exterminator. It reads "Use Getz cockroach and bed bug exterminators, sold by all druggists."

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  Eggs and two adults found inside a dresser

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  A bed bug found in a humid room, moving along pile of carpet.