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Bed bugs are small wingless insects that feed solely upon the blood of warm-blooded animals. Bed bugs and their relatives have evolved as nest parasites. Certain kinds inhabit bird nests and bat roosts and await the return of their hosts;
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www.hsph.harvard.edu/bedbugs/
www.hsph.harvard.edu/bedbugs/
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Bed bugs are small, brownish, flattened insects that feed solely on the blood of animals. The common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, is the species most adapted to living with humans. It has done so since ancient times.
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www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef636.asp
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This is an article by Dr. Arthur Huntley about the appearance and behavior of the bedbug, with details about how the insect goes about finding and biting ...
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animals.about.com/od/bedbugs/Bedbugs.htm
animals.about.com/od/bedbugs/Bedbugs.htm
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And, as with most modern insects, bedbugs likely appeared in more or less their present form about 60 to 50 million years before that. They lack wings and they're often confused with ticks because of their rounded, flat appearance.
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pestcontrolcanada.com/INSECTS/bedbugs.htm
pestcontrolcanada.com/INSECTS/bedbugs.htm
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Bed bugs are oval, flattened, brown, and wingless insects approximately 1/4" to 3/8" long (5-9 mm). They are similar in appearance to a wood tick. After the bug has taken a blood meal, its color will change from brown to purplish-red.
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www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/D...
www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/DK1022.html
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Bed bugs, insects, and hepatitis B. Full text. Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of ...
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www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1596...
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1596464
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This page is devoted to bedbugs, their ecology, the pathology they cause and their control ... Bed bugs are wingless insects, roughly oval in shape, 4-5mm long when fully grown, and are fast runners. They are rust brown in colour and change to a deeper red brown following a blood meal. ... Nite, nite, don't let the bedbugs bite!
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medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/bedbugs.html
medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/bedbugs.html
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Bedbugs (or bed bugs) are small nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae that live by hematophagy, that is by feeding on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts. The common bedbug (Cimex lectularius) is the best adapted to human environments.
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www.4to40.com/encyclopedia/index.asp?id=629
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Bed bugs adults are reddish-brown, oval, flattened insects from 6 to 9 mm long and 1.5 to 3 mm wide before feeding. Engorged (blood-fed) adults are swollen and dull red. Though wingless, adult bed bugs do have small wing pads.
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www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/bedbugs.htm
www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/bedbugs.htm
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