Common Bed Bug

Primarily indoors within human dwellings, hiding in mattress seams, bed frames, cracks, and crevices near sleeping areas.

Obligate blood-feeders, primarily consuming human blood but may feed on other warm-blooded animals if necessary.

Mainly nocturnal, emerging at night to feed on hosts while they sleep. They undergo incomplete metamorphosis (egg, nymph, adult) and can survive for months without a meal.

While not known to transmit diseases, they cause itchy welts, allergic reactions, anxiety, and insomnia. They offer no beneficial ecosystem services in domestic settings.