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Common Bed Bug - Cimex lectularius
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Common Bed Bug - Cimex lectularius
Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
December 15, 2009
Size: 3.9mm
This was a new bug for me, so I didn't mind finding it on the pillow case in my motel room:-) It must have been the only one on the bed, since I didn't get any bites during the night.
Identified by comparing it to this very similar picture.

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Contributed by tom murray on 16 December, 2009 - 8:27pm

Tom ...
The lengths you go, just to photo another bug :)
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 7 February, 2014 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
No pain no gain:-)
I hope this winter ends pretty soon so I can find bugs outside instead of tucked under the sheets!
… tom murray, 7 February, 2014 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Know the feeling ...
A few winters ago, I intentionally reared some Indian Meal Moths

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 8 February, 2014 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

Just because.....
Just because you didn't experience any pain or itching, or show any welts or anything, doesn't mean you weren't bitten:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 December, 2009 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

Yup...
this is C. lectularius. The other Cimex in North America (C. hemipterus) that usually bites humans is not found that far north, and has the anterior end of the pronotum more straight across, and not depressed back.
… Blaine Mathison, 16 December, 2009 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

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