Common bed bug

Found indoors worldwide, primarily hiding in cracks, crevices, mattress seams, and furniture near human sleeping areas.

Obligate hematophagous parasite feeding exclusively on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals.

Nocturnal and highly secretive, emerging mainly at night to pierce the skin and feed painlessly via an anesthetizing saliva.

Bites cause itchy, irritated skin welts and severe infestations lead to psychological distress; they provide no ecological benefit to humans.