The bedbug, or Cimex lectularius, has not been a serious problem in the United States since the early 1940s, when the pesticide DDT came into widespread use.
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"Cimex lectularius " and " C . hemipterus " mate with each other given the opportunity, but the eggs then produced are usually sterile.
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The name bed bug derives from the preferred habitat of " Cimex lectularius " : warm houses and especially near or inside beds and bedding or other sleep areas.
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The thermal death points of the common bedbug ( Cimex lectularius ) are usually given as 45C and anywhere from-10C to-32C, depending on duration of exposure.
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The salivary nitrophorin from the hemipteran " Cimex lectularius " ( bedbug ) has no sequence similarity to " Rhodnius prolixus " nitrophorins but is homologous to the inositol-polyphosphate 5-phosphatase ( ).
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In one study, sniffer dogs had a 97.5 % correct positive indication rate on detecting bed bugs ( " Cimex lectularius " ) and their eggs with zero false positives all while accurately distinguishing them from carpenter ants, termites.
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"Cimex lectularius " is a widely distributed bed bug that plays a major role in human health due to its ability to transfer disease . ( " C . lectularius " ) goes through five immature life stages that each require a blood meal to develop and move on to the next stage.
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They are Cimex lectularius-- bedbugs-- and they could be coming to a crevice near you . " This is one of the hottest bug issues in a generation, " said Dr . Michael F . Potter, a professor of urban entomology at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture in Lexington . " Bedbugs are going ballistic ."
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She also performed doctoral research under the supervision of Professors R . Galun and E . Rivnay on the possible utilization of insect attractants and repellents for suppressing the density of harmful insect populations, particularly in the phytophagous cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis ( Noctuidae, Lepidoptera ), the haematophagous bedbug Cimex lectularius ( Cimicidae, Hemiptera ) and the cereal feeding khapra beetle Trogoderma granarium ( Dermestidae, Coleoptera ).
