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bed bug
Cimex lectularius Linnaeus

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Taxonomic Rank: Hexapoda (including Insecta) > Hemiptera > Cimicidae > Cimex
Category: Insects: Blood Feeding Insects - Sanguinivorous


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1233132 Adult(s)
1435190 Adult(s) Flat, somewhat oval, wingless, nocturnal bloodsucking bug
5305015 Adult(s) Adult on arm
5312002 Adult(s) Wingless, roughly oval in shape, 4-7 mm long when fully grown, and are fast runners. They are rust brown in color and change to a deeper red brown following a blood meal. Bed bugs are dorsoventrally flattened and being thin means that they can hide in narrow cracks and crevices, making detection often very difficult. Australia: Melbourne, May 2006.
5312003 Adult(s) Wingless, roughly oval in shape, 4-7 mm long, dorsoventrally flattened, rust brown in color and change to a deeper red brown following a blood meal; Australia: Melbourne, May 2006.
5312004 Adult(s) Bed bugs are wingless insects, roughly oval in shape, 4-7 mm 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. Bed bugs are dorsoventrally flattened and being thin means that they can hide in narrow cracks and crevices, making detection often very difficult; Australia: Melbourne, May 2006.
5312005 Adult(s) Bed bugs are wingless insects, roughly oval in shape, 4-7 mm 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. Bed bugs are dorsoventrally flattened and being thin means that they can hide in narrow cracks and crevices, making detection often very difficult; Australia, Melbourne, May 2006.
5380002 Adult(s) Adult bed bug taking a blood meal from a human. Not yet fully engorged.
5380003 Nymph(s) First instar bed bugs on a sticky trap.
5380004 Nymph(s) First instar bed bugs on a sticky trap.
5380008 Adult(s)
5380009 Egg(s) Eggs that have already hatched on particle board from the underside of a recliner.
5380010 Feature(s) exuvium; Shed skin
5380011 Nymph(s) First instar caught on a sticky trap.
5380012 Nymph(s) First instars caught on a sticky trap.
5380014 Adult(s)
5380015 Adult(s)
5380016 Adult(s)
5380017 Infestation Bed bugs grouped where the fabric and wood join on a box spring.
5380018 Adult(s)
5380019 Adult(s) The object at the lower left of the photo is a screw-in foot of the recliner. At the base is an adult bed bug, nymphs, and two blood spots.
5380020 Adult(s) Adult bed bug crawling into the hole left when the screwed in foot of the recliner was removed.
5380021 Adult(s) engorged after blood meal; Feeding on an adult human.
5380022 Adult(s)
5380024 Adult(s)  Bed bug feeding on an adult human's arm.  
5380025 Adult(s) engorged after blood meal; Bed bug feeding on an adult human's arm.
5380026 Adult(s) Bed bug feeding on an adult human's arm.
5380027 Adult(s) engorged after blood meal; Bed bug feeding on an adult human's arm.
5380028 Feature(s) Bed bug dropping produced after feeding on a human arm.
5380029 Feature(s) Bed bug dropping produced after feeding on a human's arm.
5380030 Adult(s)
5380031 Adult(s)
5380032 Infestation Adult, nymph, cast skins, and blood spots on the wooden part of a box spring.
5380033 Egg(s) Hatched bed bug eggs on the fabric of a box spring.
5380034 Adult(s) Adult, nymphs, blood spots; The object on the lower left is the screw-in foot of a recliner. The bed bugs are on the underside of a recliner.
5380035 Nymph(s) adult, nymphs, blood spots; The object on the lower left is the screw-in foot of a recliner. The insects are on the underside of the recliner.
5380036 Egg(s) Egg cluster under stuffed chair.
5380038 Adult(s) Bed bug adult crawling into the screw hole where the foot of a recliner was screwed in.
5380039 Egg(s) eggs, blood spots, shed exoskeletons; On a box spring.
5380040 Infestation adults, nymphs, blood spots; On a box spring.
5380041 Adult(s) adult, shed exoskeletons, blood spots; On a box spring
5380042 Life Cycle adult, nymphs, blood spot; On the underside of a recliner. The object in the lower left corner is the screw-in foot.
5380043 Adult(s) Feeding on an adult human's arm
5380044 Adult(s) engorged after blood meal
5380045 Nymph(s) First instar feeding on a human
5380046 Adult(s) Adult feeding on a human.
5380047 Adult(s) Adult feeding on a human's arm
5380048 Adult(s) Engorged bed bug
5393693 Adult(s)