Bed Bug

Human dwellings, specifically beds, furniture, and cracks/crevices near sleeping areas

Obligate hematophagy (feeds exclusively on the blood of mammals and birds, primarily humans)

Nocturnal, hiding in dark crevices during the day and emerging at night to feed; they undergo incomplete metamorphosis from egg to nymph to adult

Nocturnal pests that cause itchy welts and psychological distress; they are not known to transmit diseases but can cause allergic reactions and secondary skin infections