Bed bug

Found indoors in cracks and crevices near human sleeping areas, mattresses, and furniture.

Obligate hematophagous insect feeding exclusively on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts.

Nocturnal parasites that hide during the day and emerge at night to feed, undergoing incomplete metamorphosis through five nymphal stages.

Bites cause itchy, irritated skin welts and psychological distress, but they are not known to transmit infectious diseases.