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Disease transmission

Many types of bacteria and viruses can be found on a bed bug, but it has never been shown to transmit diseases to humans. However, bed bugs have close relatives in South America, reduviids of the genus Rhodnius, which like bed bugs have adapted to living in houses and sucking the blood of humans. They […]

How do they look?

Bed bugs are flattened, and thus well suited to seek shelter in narrow crevices and cracks. The color is reddish brown and the body shape almost oval. The adult bed bugs are 4-5 mm long and 2-3 mm wide, which is a size you can see. It lacks the wings of a typical bug. The […]

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