Posts Tagged: bed bugs

Let the Bed Bugs Bite

Most of us remember the old nursery rhyme, "Good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite," and vow to do everything we can to avoid...

Forceps held by Danielle Wishon zero in on a bed bug to be fed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Forceps held by Danielle Wishon zero in on a bed bug to be fed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bed bug scurries away after taking a blood meal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bed bug scurries away after taking a blood meal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two bed bugs on Danielle Wishon's arm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two bed bugs on Danielle Wishon's arm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Danielle Wishon (foreground at left) answers questions. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Danielle Wishon (foreground at left) answers questions. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bring on the Bed Bugs at the Bohart

They're the bugs you love to hate. Bed bugs, lice, ticks, mites, fleas and mosquitoes.  If you want to see and/or learn more about them,...

Bed bug. (Photo by Piotr Naskrecki, courtesty of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)

Bed bug. (Photo by Piotr Naskrecki, courtesty of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)

Little Bug, Big Problem

They're tiny--about 1/5 of an inch long. They feed at night and hide during the day.There's a good reason why they're called "the menace in the...

Bed bug, Cimex lectularius, shown here ingesting a blood meal from the arm of a “voluntary” human host, is wreaking havoc locally, nationally and globally. (Photo by Piotr Naskrecki, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the Wikipedia website.)

Bed bug, Cimex lectularius, shown here ingesting a blood meal from the arm of a “voluntary” human host, is wreaking havoc locally, nationally and globally.(Photo by Piotr Naskrecki, published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the Wikipedia website.)

This bed bug drew a lot of attention at a UC Davis Department of Entomology display during the campuswide Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This bed bug drew a lot of attention at a UC Davis Department of Entomology display during the campuswide Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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