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Bat bugs

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Found on me - Cimex Batbugs? - Cimex pilosellus Cimex adjunctus Bat bug Cimex pilosellus - Cimex pilosellus Bat bug or bed bug? - Cimex Bat bug or bed bug? - Cimex Bat bug or bed bug? - Cimex Cimex bat bug - Cimex

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Cimicoidea
Family Cimicidae (Bed Bugs)
Subfamily Cimicinae
Genus Cimex
No Taxon Bat bugs

Numbers

several spp. of Cimex

Size

3-9 mm

Identification

fringe hairs on pronotum as long or longer than width of eye (in C. lectularius the hairs are shorter than width of eye)

Range

cosmopolitan

Food

blood of several species of bats

Life Cycle

multiple generations per year

Remarks

4 Bat Bug spp. that occur In Canada are C. adjunctus, C. brevis, C. latipennis, C. pilosellus
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 23 April, 2005 - 1:27am
Additional contributions by Graham M, John S. Ascher, v belov
Last updated 19 July, 2023 - 12:40pm

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