Bed Bug

Natural Habitat

Commonly found in residential dwellings, specifically in mattresses, box springs, and cracks or crevices of furniture near sleeping areas.

Diet & Feeding

Strictly hematophagous, meaning they feed exclusively on the blood of warm-blooded animals, primarily humans.

Behavior Patterns

Mainly nocturnal and elusive; they hide during the day and emerge at night to feed. They undergo incomplete metamorphosis with five nymphal stages requiring blood meals to molt.

Risks & Benefits

A major public health pest causing skin rashes, psychological distress, and allergic reactions. They do not transmit diseases but are difficult and expensive to eradicate.

Identified on: 2/3/2026