Cimex lectularius, bed bug


Scanning electron microscope image of a bed bug (x 45). The sucking mouthparts enable the feeding bedbugs to pierce the host's tissues and siphon out a blood meal.


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Photo credit: © Natural History Museum, London / Alamy / Afripics
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