An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.
Introduced from Europe by early colonists. Suspected, but never proven, of transmitting 41 human disease organisms.
People also ask
What do bed bugs turn into?
What causes bed bug outbreak?
What do bed bugs eat?
What condition do bed bugs live in?
Apr 22, 2017 · Found in a basement apartment on a bed. Appears to be engorged with blood. Would appreciate confirmation that this is indeed Cimex lectularius.
The Cimicidae are a family of small parasitic insects that feed exclusively on the blood of warm-blooded animals. They are called cimicids or, loosely, bed ...
An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.
The Cimicidae are a family of small parasitic bugs that feed exclusively on the blood of warm-blooded animals. They are called cimicids or, loosely, ...
Bed bugs
Insect
The Cimicidae are a family of small parasitic bugs that feed exclusively on the blood of warm-blooded animals. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Cimicidae
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cimicidae; Latreille, 1802
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Lower classifications
Show more
Show less
Cimex Linnaeus 1758. Numbers: 7 spp. in our area, 16 total. Size: 3-9 mm. Range: cosmopolitan. Food hosts: birds, mammals.
The family Cimicidae includes species known by several common names, including bed bugs, bat bugs, and swallow bugs.
Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Arthropoda. Subphylum: Hexapoda. Class: Insecta. Infraclass: Neoptera. Subclass: Pterygota. Order: Hemiptera.