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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Insecta > Hemiptera > Heteroptera > Cimicidae > Bedbugs

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Bedbugs  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Bed Bug
  • Bed Bugs
  • Cimex

Note

  • do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111

Scope note

  • Parasitic bugs of the family CIMICIDAE. Female bed bugs lay eggs in a sheltered locations such as in mattress seams. Adults and nymphal instars of Cimex feed on warm-blooded hosts. Cimex lectularius and Cimex hemipterus are implicated in human infestations.

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