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Bed bugs are insects that have developed to live by feeding on warm-blooded animals like mammals and birds. There are several types of bugs in the world. The species is best suited to feed on human blood is scientifically known as Cimex lectularius. Other types of bugs, specializes in birds and bats. But sometimes they feed on human blood. There are also several other insects, which exhibit similar behavior and are usually called bugs in the current language. HoweverIn general, the creature, we refer to is the bed bug Cimex lectularius.

An adult bed bug is about 4mm or quarter inch long and half as wide. It has a reddish brown color and has an oval, flat body. According to the feeding, sucking the blood are observed through the body. Newly hatched nymphs and bugs are known to have a whitish color and tan size of a poppy. They throw their skin, or molts as they grow. In the case of Cimex lectularius, in this case five times.

BedBugs show greatest activity, about an hour before dawn. However, their activity is not limited to the night, but depends on the feeding of the opportunities they presented. You can find the host animal by sensing heat and carbon dioxide exhaled by the host. They feed by two tubes through the skin of the host. One tube is used to inject saliva to act to prevent blood solidification and also as narcotics. In this way the host can not feel the bite. Other tube is used to suck blood. After sucking bloodfor about five minutes it will come back in a hiding place in a dark place. You do not feed every day and usually this happens at around five or ten days. Experiments have shown that they live for months without feeding by entering into an eighteen sleep until they can be near a food source. Active bugs on the other hand, live only about six months.

Bed bug bites are noticeable only after the human body is sensitized to them and spit the error injection throughrepeated attacks. Bed bugs are not vectors of disease, even though some of its victims can get infections of the skin. Others may be excessive scars from scratching the bite area. Pathogens into the bed bugs can not host because of the complicated biological reasons.

Bed bugs can lay three to five eggs at a time and lay eggs is a hundred times over the course of their lives. In other words, about a female lays three to five hundred eggs during their lifetime. Eggs are about 1 mm in length andcan be seen with the naked eye. Hatch after a period of two weeks the eggs. Young animals can feed on blood almost immediately. They reach maturity in about five weeks after the molt through five skins.

When not feeding, they remain in dark cracks and holes to avoid detection. Their small, flat spots have, in this disguise.