Bed Bug

Natural Habitat

Typically found in indoor environments near where people sleep, including bed frames, mattresses, and cracks and crevices in furniture or baseboards.

Diet & Feeding

Strictly hematophagous (blood-feeders), primarily targeting humans but also feeding on other warm-blooded animals if a human host is unavailable.

Behavior Patterns

Mainly nocturnal; they hide during the day and emerge at night to feed. They undergo incomplete metamorphosis (egg, nymph, adult) and require a blood meal at each stage of development.

Risks & Benefits

Risks include skin irritation, itchy bites, and physiological distress or insomnia. While they are not known to transmit diseases to humans, infestations can be difficult and costly to eradicate.

Identified on: 6/14/2026