With bed bugs reemerging as a nuisance in some parts of the country, scientists are reporting the first preliminary description of the bug's sialome -- the saliva proteins that are the secret to Cimex ...

Researchers have successfully mapped the genome of Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Among the findings, scientists discovered more than 800 instances of genes being transferred from bacteria to ...

A cosmopolitan creature is Cimex lectularius, an oval, flattened, mahogany-hued insect without wings and with mouth parts for piercing and sucking. Its principal food is human blood. Slum dwellers are ...

Bed bugs - Cimex lectularius - are small blood-sucking parasitic insects. They emerge at night from mattresses and crevices in beds to feed on your blood. Unlike mosquitoes, which also behave in this ...

Bedbugs are worth 12½¢ apiece, or 2½¢ more than grasshoppers. This valuation was announced last week when the University of Pittsburgh paid a bill for laboratory insect specimens. No sooner had the ...

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