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Bat Bug

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Cimicidae (Bed Bugs)

Genus Cimex

No Taxon Bat Bug

Other Common Names

includes several species, all in the genus Cimex, but not Cimex lectularius (Bed Bug)

Size

3-9 mm

Identification

fringe hairs on pronotum as long or longer than width of eye (in the Bed Bug, the pronotal fringe hairs are shorter than width of eye)

Range

cosmopolitan

Habitat

on or near host animal (bats)

Food

parasitic: nymphs and adults feed on the blood of several species of bats

Life Cycle

multiple generations per year

Remarks

In Canada, there are 4 species of Bat Bug: Cimex adjunctus, C. brevis, C. latipennis, C. pilosellus (Entomological Society of Manitoba)

Internet References

adult images plus description, biology, control, etc. (Ohio State U.)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 23 April, 2005 - 1:27am

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