An average Nigerian home dreads Bed bugs and some even go as far as condemning affected belongings from beds to chairs and even pillows.

Bed bugs get their name because they are commonly found in beds but can also be found in other places where humans spend a lot of time: hotels, airplanes, and couches.

These stated facts about Bed Bugs will help prepare you for the battle to come;

1. Bed Bugs are sized 1/4″
2. Shape: Bed bugs Flat, broad and oval
3. Bed bugs have a Mahogany to rusty brown colour and they turn red after sucking blood.
4. Legs: They have 6 Legs
5. Wings: They possess no wings.
6. Most bed bugs feed on their hosts while they are asleep
7. Peak time for feeding is about 1 hour before sunrise
8. A female bedbug lays approximately five eggs in 1 day and about 500 during her lifetime
9. Bites can take up to 9 days to become visible
10. Antenna: They Possess an antennas.
11. Common Name: It’s commonly called Bed Bug.
12. Kingdom: It belongs to the Kingdom Animalia.
13. Phylum: It belongs to the Kingdom Arthropoda.
14. Class: It’s in the class of Insecta.
15. Order: Hemiptera
16. Family: Cimicidae
17. Species: Cimex lectularius

Diet

Bed bugs can feed on the blood of any warm-blooded animal. Their most common targets are humans because, unlike animals with fur, we have a lot of exposed skin for them to bite.

Habitat:

Bed bugs are typically found in beds and small cracks and from this deduction it’s safe to say they love hiding in dark places.

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thought you were going to tell us it cures cancer. lolz. nice one Op. Now I know the zoological name of bedbugs.

All these blood sucking animals, what are the primary reasons for their creation? Cause they seem to be enemies to man.