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Strange Hemipteran - Cimex lectularius
Copyright © 2016 Jon Hart

Strange Hemipteran - Cimex lectularius
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
October 26, 2016
This is weird one. I can't seem to place it in the Guide, but I believe I have an early instar photo of this from years ago that hasn't been IDed yet on this site... Sept. 27 of this year I took a shot of what I believe is a later instar than the other of this same insect. I would like to run a short series (3) of photos showing the various stages of what I think is the same species. Is this possible? It may help to ID these critters....

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Contributed by Jon Hart on 12 November, 2016 - 2:12pm
Last updated 5 January, 2020 - 10:14am

Moved
Moved from Bed Bugs.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 January, 2020 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 November, 2016 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

Hmm, it looks awfully like a
Hmm, it looks awfully like a bed bug to me, or at least something in the Cimicidae:

… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 12 November, 2016 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
yeah, that was my
impression, too. But do they actually live outdoors? I thought they were strictly parasitic to mammals and their living areas...
… Jon Hart, 12 November, 2016 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

 
I've found Bat Bugs outdoors...
...beneath our bat house.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 November, 2016 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

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