Bed Bugs Cimex
Bed Bugs Your Unlikely Room Mate
Author: Judd Snell
Have you ever feel like you were not alone in your room, although there is no one else there beside you?
Have you ever experienced being alone in your room in the middle of the night, hence, you feel, and you are certain that there are other beings there with you?
You are not about to read another scary story. Or if you think you will be reading perverted things here, no, you are wrong.
You should check on your room, especially your bed. You may have unwanted room mates, or worse bed mates. Do not be scared. The unlikely being referred here is the insect commonly called bed bugs.
What are bed bugs? Bed bug is one among the millions of species of the insect world. Scientifically, common bed bugs are known as Cimex lectularius. Experts and professionals claim that the existence of bed bugs had been controlled in the United States in the 70s and 80s. However, due to persistence and survival of bed bugs in Asia, Europe and in Africa, travelers may have carried along the parasites during travel and migration to the country.
Bed bugs are wingless insects. They are parasites that feed primarily on the blood of warm-blooded victims such as animals and human. The belief that bed bugs only bite humans is wrong. Your pets can also be host to the parasite.
Birds, dogs, cats, in short, every mammal that can come into contact with the infested bed or surroundings can be affected by bed bugs.
Bed bugs are so tiny, that one can hardly see it. The biggest bed bugs, however, during their final stage of maturity can reach about 25% of an inch long. Usually, bed bugs are oval-shaped and they appear flattened when viewed from top to bottom.
Bed bugs are usually colored deep brown or cream to white. There are also bed bugs that appear burnt orange in color.
Life span. After feeding blood, bed bugs may look like black insects or dark red. That indicates that the bed bug has already stored food inside its body. Once it has fed from its prey, or host, bed bugs usually last until about more than a year before it needs further feeding.
Adult bed bugs can last more than a year without sucking blood. It is different for younger or baby bed bugs. They can last only a few months, or even a few months without food, that is, blood.
Hence, even if a bed infested with bed bugs remains vacant or unoccupied for how many months, chances are the bed bugs still exist there.
Bed bugs on the average life span, needs about three to four replenishments or feeding sessions before it lay eggs and completes its life span.
Habitat Bed bugs normally thrive in dark spots or areas in the house. Part of their protective instinct is that they live inside crevices and dark and miniscule holes where they can not easily be detected or killed.
Bed bugs can also live in beds, beneath them, underneath them or inside them. They can remain undetected during daytime. But surely, they go out and hunt for food during night time.
Bed bugs may appear smart because they know when to attack prospective hosts--- when they are asleep.
When bed bugs bite, they normally do not produce stinging sensation. Hence, the victim will only know that he or she has been bitten after a day or two, when the skin reacts to the saliva left by the bed bugs into the affected area.
The bitten skin may itch and appear reddish. Sometimes, it is also hard to distinguish bed bug bites from the usual mosquito bites.
Control of bed bugs. Bed bugs are hard to control. There are a lot of pesticides that can kill the parasite, but it is advisable that you consult a pest control expert to control and exterminate bed bugs.
There a lot of harmful pesticides that can surely kill bed bugs. But the catch is, these pesticides can be really dangerous and harmful, not just to you and your other housemates, but also to your neighbors.
You may not want to exterminate yourself and your loved ones along with bed bugs, right?
Contact the local pest control operators in your locality. If you are renting an apartment, it is the duty of the land lord to arrange for the necessary pest control to get rid of bed bugs.
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November 30, -0001
12:00 am
The best route is to call an exterminator. Unfortunately it may take multiple trips for the problem to be eradicated.
If cost is an issue, there are home methods that work, but you MUST be vigilant, as it may take some time.
#1) Clean, clean, clean. Wash EVERYTHING with hot water. Steam clean the carpet. Steam clean the seams of your mattress. Look around your clock radio. They like to hide in cracks. Look along the baseboards of the room.
#2) Buy some type of insecticide and follow the directions completely. Repeat as needed.
#3) Clean again!
You can do this on your own, but be prepared for a battle that may last a few weeks.
If you have any questions, feel free to comment and I will do my best to answer. I work for a LARGE health department and help people with this problem almost every week.
November 30, -0001
12:00 am
(italics) fail!
November 30, -0001
12:00 am
Actually, there are eight different species in the Genus Cimex, but only two of them regularly attack humans.
Cimix hemipterus, the tropical bed bug, is normally found only in warmer regions. Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug, is more widespread. However both species are great travelers, and can be moved around in luggage, clothing, bedding, and furniture. The ease of international travel has increased the range of both species.
The two species look very similar, and have very similar habits. Cimex hemipterus adults are about 25% longer than the adults of Cimex lectularius.
Bedbugs are very cryptic, and their flattened body shape allows them to hide in tiny cracks and crevices, and inside furniture such as beds and mattresses. Chemical control is pretty much the only effective method of eliminating a pest infestation.
Putting clothing and infested material in plastic bags and exposing them to high heat or extreme cold can kill insects, but it is rarely possible to achieve the temperatures required inside a home or apartment.
Synthetic pyrethroids are often used in controlling bedbugs, but they are not terribly effective. They often repel the insects instead, moving them into a neighbouring unit or other harbourage, from which they can re-infest. Organophosphates and carbamates are much more effective, but are rather nasty chemicals, and are banned from domestic use in many areas.
They have no effective parasitoids or predators that can keep their numbers in check in an ideal habitat, so biological control through natural enemies does not work. They only feed on blood, usually from humans, but also bats, birds and household pets, and so there is no way to get them to ingest baits or insect controlling bacteria (as are used on mosquitoes and caterpillars). So biological control is not really an option at this time.
November 30, -0001
12:00 am
sorry thats too long…but it looks good to me
November 11, 2006
9:42 am
how to get rid of bed bug (Cimex lectularius Linnaeus) once n for all?
easy n cheap way preferred~~~
December 11, 2006
2:12 am
how to identify different species of bedbugs and what are the most effective control measures?
scientific name of bed bugs is ‘cimex hemipterus’.there are three species.any work on biological control of this pest
November 20, 2009
4:07 am
Chrisitians who think that homosexuality is unnatural, what do you think of this?
there is a species of bed bug (Cimex lectularius) that has a syringe like penis. It has been observed to have the behaviour where a male will rape other males, piercing and filling their victims abdominal cavity with semen. When the victim then mates with female, it will often pass on the rapists semen instead of it’s own to fertilise the females. That’s nature, Christians!
JC: hey, according to you it’s your god who approves, not me
you think your god created this organism. by your disapproval you are basically saying you think your God is wrong. Im sure he will remember this
you think your god created this organism. by your disapproval you are basically saying you think your God is wrong. Im sure he will remember this
March 4, 2010
5:05 pm
Rate my paper… Please?
Why “Bedbugs” Do Not Exist
The Cimex Lectularius, or the commonly yet mistakenly dubbed “bedbug,” is a nuisance to many households throughout the world. However, unknown to most of the human population, the “bed-bug” is really nothing more than a fictional character comparable to the boogey man. In fact, the Cimex Lectularius is in no way a “bug” at all, it is an insect. To explain, bugs and insects ARE NOT the same thing, there is a clear scientific difference between the two. All bugs are insects, but not all insects are bugs. It is much like how one would say all humans are primates, but not all primates are humans. There are several characteristics that define bugs as a group of their own. AMONG OTHER THINGS a bug MUST HAVE wings, 3 segmented and clearly defined body parts, six legs protruding from the thorax, antennae, and compound eyes (Herald, par. 2-6). The Cimex Lectularius has NONE of these. Albeit it is true that a few isolated species of the Cimex Lectularius including the sub-species Cimex Lectularius Linnaeus, have subdued wings, they have no other of the necessary traits required to be a bug (Orrel, par. 1-3). A Harvard study conducted by Richard Pollack, Ph.D. and Gary Alpert, Ph.D. produced results that concluded the Cimex Lectularius does not in fact have wings that qualify it to be considered a “true bug.” It also shows this picture of a common species of Cimex Lectularius:
PICTURE OF A BEDBUG (Cimex Lectularius)
Please note, that this so called “bed-bug” has only two clearly defined body segments instead of the required three, legs that come from both of its body segments instead of just the thorax, and does not have compound eyes.
The other half of the word “bedbug” is also a false term. Although the Cimex Lectularius does occasionally live in mattresses, modern technology and sanitation techniques have all but eliminated them. The majority of them dwell in their natural habitats, the nests of various birds and rodents. Many also live in the furs of animals. It is quite obvious that the ENTIRE word “bedbug” is a false name, a catchy sounding, easy to understand word used to scare little children into staying clean. The fact of the matter is, the term “bedbug” exists, but the actual “bug” does not. There is no scientific backing behind the word; the essence of it is false. There is no bug in my bed nor ANYBODY’S bed called a “bedbug,” there is perhaps an insect that upon occasion chooses to reside in mattresses in a few third world countries, but alas, there is no bedbug. The Cimex Lectularius exists, but the “bedbug” does not.
1. I did not plagiarize.
2. The paper is ment to be a paper using “fake research”- wierd I know, and the layout/writing is just supposed to be good.
3. I probably should have mentioned that before. Sorry.