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Common Bed Bug
Common Bed Bug
Cimex lectularius
Insecta
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
6-12 months
Size
Small
Diet
Carnivore
Activity
Nocturnal
Social
Colony
Biome
Human dwellings
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Walking
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Rare

About

Common Bed Bugs are tiny, nocturnal, wingless insects that feed on human blood. They can live for up to a year and lay hundreds of eggs in their lifetime.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cimicidae
Genus
Cimex
Species
Cimex lectularius