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Eastern Bat Bug

Cimex adjunctus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Iowa.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 2, May 4, June 2, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States135
Canada21
Iowa17
Ontario16
New York12
Indiana9
Kansas9
Colorado8
Massachusetts8
Virginia7

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyBed Bugs · Cimicidae
GenusCimex

Sources

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