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Bed Bugs
5mm long, and looking like a small, flat
red-brown disc, the common bed-bug (Cimex
lectularius) is found in human habitations
world-wide. It feeds on the blood of humans,
emerging at night from cracks in furniture
joints, bed frames, wallpaper and skirting
boards to bite humans, its principal host,
and to leave its characteristic speckled
excrement. Bed bugs leave a characteristic
almond-like smell in rooms where they
are active. Bites can be painful, giving
rise to hard whitish swelling.
Pest information supplied by Sorex.
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