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body-lice or bed-bug or ... ? - Cimex lectularius
Copyright © 2019 soheil_az

body-lice or bed-bug or ... ? - Cimex lectularius
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
July 12, 2019
Size: 3-4mm
I found this moving on my hand during the day (afternoon) at home. Its size was 3-4mm, and it was fed with blood (as it spread over the napkin when I killed it). This is the first time that I see such a thing... I hope it's not a bed bug.. though I doubt between bed bug and body lice.
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Contributed by soheil_az on 13 July, 2019 - 11:38pm
Last updated 5 January, 2020 - 10:16am

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Moved from Bed Bugs.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 January, 2020 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

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… Graham Montgomery, 26 July, 2019 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Bed Bug or close relative...
Something in Cimicidae at any rate. You'd probably need a sharper image to say much more.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 July, 2019 - 11:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thank you Ken, unfortunately this is the sharpest image I have.. So does this mean that it's not anything like a body lice, right?
… soheil_az, 15 July, 2019 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
Correct
It's not a louse. It's a bed bug or close relative.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 July, 2019 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

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