![Bed bug Cimex lectularius parasitic insects of the cimicid family feeds on human blood Stock Photo | Adobe Stock Bed bug Cimex lectularius parasitic insects of the cimicid family feeds on human blood Stock Photo | Adobe Stock](https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/01/85/40/20/1000_F_185402070_ZemRwyz3aj4UCcXaxVfsa1PqcbQ7QEYq.jpg)
Bed bug Cimex lectularius parasitic insects of the cimicid family feeds on human blood Stock Photo | Adobe Stock
![Bed Bugs | Public Health and Medical Entomology | Purdue | Biology | Entomology | Insects | Ticks | Diseases | Monitoring | Control | Hot Topics | Agriculture | Extension Bed Bugs | Public Health and Medical Entomology | Purdue | Biology | Entomology | Insects | Ticks | Diseases | Monitoring | Control | Hot Topics | Agriculture | Extension](https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publichealth/images/bedbug/popups/adult.jpg)
Bed Bugs | Public Health and Medical Entomology | Purdue | Biology | Entomology | Insects | Ticks | Diseases | Monitoring | Control | Hot Topics | Agriculture | Extension
![Here's a side-by-side of photos I've taken of the Eastern Bat Bug (Cimex adjunctus) and a Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius). If the hairs are longer than the eyes protrude from the head, Here's a side-by-side of photos I've taken of the Eastern Bat Bug (Cimex adjunctus) and a Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius). If the hairs are longer than the eyes protrude from the head,](https://preview.redd.it/6tpby50u6jh81.jpg?auto=webp&s=48b82db1c6a09e9d7daf10d256c33cf20a4e9ba1)
Here's a side-by-side of photos I've taken of the Eastern Bat Bug (Cimex adjunctus) and a Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius). If the hairs are longer than the eyes protrude from the head,
![Bed Bugs | Public Health and Medical Entomology | Purdue | Biology | Entomology | Insects | Ticks | Diseases | Monitoring | Control | Hot Topics | Agriculture | Extension Bed Bugs | Public Health and Medical Entomology | Purdue | Biology | Entomology | Insects | Ticks | Diseases | Monitoring | Control | Hot Topics | Agriculture | Extension](https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publichealth/images/bedbug/popups/lifecycle.jpg)
Bed Bugs | Public Health and Medical Entomology | Purdue | Biology | Entomology | Insects | Ticks | Diseases | Monitoring | Control | Hot Topics | Agriculture | Extension
![Case not Closed: Arguments for New Studies of the Interactions between Bed Bugs and Human Pathogens in: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Volume 103 Issue 2 (2020) Case not Closed: Arguments for New Studies of the Interactions between Bed Bugs and Human Pathogens in: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Volume 103 Issue 2 (2020)](https://www.ajtmh.org/view/journals/tpmd/103/2/full-tpmd200121f1.jpg)