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Bed Bugs

Family Cimicidae

Common bedbug (Cimex lectularius). Photo:Stephanie Boucher
Common bedbug (Cimex lectularius). Photo:Stephanie Boucher

Bed bugs are predaceous and feed by sucking blood from birds and mammals. Most species are active only at night. Bed bugs are flat, broadly oval, wingless bugs. They are pale yellowish or reddish-brown in colour.

   
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