| 5mm long, and looking like a small, flat red-brown
disc, the common bed-bug (Cimex lectularius) is found in human habitations
world-wide. Bed bugs feed on the blood of humans, emerging at night
from cracks in furniture joints, bed frames, wallpaper and skirting
boards to bite humans, its princludingipal host, and to leave its characteristic
speckled excrement. Bed bugs leave a characteristic almond-like
smell in rooms where they are active. Bites can be painful, giving
rise to hard whitish swelling.
Pest information supplied by Sorex.
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