Bed Bug

Found inside residential homes, hotels, and crowded public spaces, typically hiding in mattress seams, bed frames, cracks, and crevices.

Obligate blood feeders, primarily feeding on humans but also attacking other warm-blooded animals.

Mainly nocturnal; they emerge from hiding spots at night to feed. They undergo hemimetabolous metamorphosis, passing through five nymphal stages that each require a blood meal to molt.

While not known to transmit diseases, their bites cause itchy, red welts and potentially severe allergic reactions or psychological distress. They are significant urban pests with no ecological benefits to humans.