Bedbugs. Seriously!?
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This is a female Cimex lectularius. In the quiet of night, she crawls from her hiding place toward the carbon dioxide gas and warmth emanating from your body. When she reaches a patch of exposed flesh, she uses her small, sharp beak to pierce your skin and slurp up six times her weight in blood, leaving behind an itchy welt. After returning home to the underside of your mattress, a series of up to seven males violently mate with her. If this sounds like a bad dream, count yourself lucky--for tens of thousands of people worldwide, it's a nightly reality. These tiny parasites, better known as bedbugs, have spread through Los Angeles, New York and London over the past 20 years, infesting the homes and hotels of rich and poor alike. They've crept i...
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This is a female Cimex lectularius. In the quiet of night, she crawls from her hiding place toward the carbon dioxide gas and warmth emanating from your body. When she reaches a patch of exposed flesh, she uses her small, sharp beak to pierce your skin and slurp up six times her weight in blood, leaving behind an itchy welt. After returning home to the underside of your mattress, a series of up to seven males violently mate with her. If this sounds like a bad dream, count yourself lucky--for tens of thousands of people worldwide, it's a nightly reality. These tiny parasites, better known as bedbugs, have spread through Los Angeles, New York and London over the past 20 years, infesting the homes and hotels of rich and poor alike. They've crept i...
