Bed bug

Found exclusively in indoor environments, primarily hiding in cracks, crevices, and seams of mattresses and furniture.

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

Nocturnal parasites that emerge at night to feed, spending daylight hours hidden in tight clusters.

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