Bed bugs are parasitic insects from the genus Cimex, who are micropredators that feed on blood, usually at night. Their bites can result in a number of...
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bed bugs are blood feeding insects that may infest human dwellings Bed bug or bed bugs may also refer to: Cimex, a genus...
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Bed bugs, or Cimicidae, are small parasitic insects. The term usually refers to species that prefer to feed on human blood. Early detection and treatment...
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Detection dog (redirect from Bed bug detection dogs)
differentiated live bed bugs and viable bed bug eggs from dead bed bugs, cast skins, and feces with a 95% correct positive indication rate. Bed bug detection dogs...
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Bed bugs occur around the world. Rates of infestations in developed countries, while decreasing from the 1930s to the 1980s, have risen dramatically since...
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Traumatic insemination (section Bed bug adaptation)
suggested that the spermalege reduces the direct damage to the female bed bug during traumatic insemination. However experiments found no conclusive...
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Polyctenidae. Bat bugs are closely related to bed bugs, and are so similar in appearance that they are often mistaken for bed bugs. Microscopic examination...
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Deltamethrin (section Bed bugs)
long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets; however, resistance of mosquitos and bed bugs to deltamethrin has seen a widespread increase. Deltamethrin is toxic to...
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Blissus leucopterus (redirect from True chinch bug)
chinche, which refers to the bed bug and is in turn derived from the Latin cimex. The chinch bug is not related to the bed bug, but took this name on account...
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