Bed Bug

Natural Habitat

Typically found in cracks and crevices near sleeping areas, such as mattresses, bed frames, and headboards within residential homes, hotels, and apartments.

Diet & Feeding

Obligate blood-feeders, primarily consuming human blood; they may also feed on other warm-blooded animals if a human host is unavailable.

Behavior Patterns

They are nocturnal, emerging from hiding at night to feed. They undergo incomplete metamorphosis (egg, nymph, adult) and can survive for months without a blood meal.

Risks & Benefits

Risks include itchy allergic reactions to bites, loss of sleep, and secondary skin infections from scratching; they are not known to transmit diseases. They offer no known ecosystem benefits in human environments and are considered a major domestic pest.

Identified on: 1/6/2026