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Tropical Bed Bug

Cimex hemipterus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 2, February 3, March 1, April 2, May 2, June 1, July 0, August 2, September 0, October 0, November 1, December 1.
India15
Russia13
Mahārāshtra7
China6
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region5
Malaysia5
Angola4
Indonesia3
Sverdlovsk Oblast3
Colombia2

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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