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Cimex lectularius
Copyright © 2008 Mario David Bazan

Cimex lectularius
Tampa, Florida, Florida, USA
January 19, 2008
Size: 5 mm
That is one of the reasons why it is very important to inspect your room in any Hotel before going to sleep. I found around 50 bedbugs living just in the headboard,Hopefully they can't transmit diseases.

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Contributed by Mario David Bazan on 13 February, 2008 - 9:17pm

Yes,
supposedly they are not disease vectors (transmitters).
… Jim McClarin, 13 February, 2008 - 10:09pm

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