 Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius)
- 4-5mm long
- Oval and flattened from back to underside, well developed legs but wings absent
- Mouthparts adapted to piercing and sucking
- Red to brown in color
- 200-500 eggs laid over a 2 month period batches of 10 to 50
- Feed on human blood and bed bugs are nocturnal
- Found in cracks and crevices, headboards, behind peeling wallpaper & broken plaster & etc..
 猫蝨 (Ctenocephalides felis)
- 2-3mm long wingless ticks
- Flattened from side to side
- Have long legs enabling them to jump
- They have both genal and pronotal combs (ctenidia), differentiating them most other fleas of domestic animals
- Fleas pass through four stages: eggs, larva, pupa, adult. The egg are small and white
- These stages combined vary from 2 weeks to 8 months
- The adult flea is awakened by the detection of vibration of pet or human movement, heat, noise, or carbon dioxide for potential blood meals
- Cat flea cannot complete is life-cycle feeding only human blood
- These fleas are often unable to determine whether a host is suitable until it has bed bitten, If it is deemed unsuitable. The flea soon drops off
- Cat fleas nest where the host is in its usual resting place
 Cat Flea (Ctencephalides fells)
- 2-3mm long wingless ticks
- Flattened from side to side
- Have long legs enabling them to jump
- They have both genal and pronotal combs (ctenidia), differentiating them most other fleas of domestic animals
- Fleas pass through four stages:eggs, larva, pupa, adult. The egg are small and white
- These stages combined vary from 2 weeks to 8 months
- The adult flea is awakened by the detection of vibration of pet or human movement, heat, noise, or carbon dioxide for potential blood meals
- Cat flea cannot complete is life-cycle feeding only human blood
- These fleas are often unable to determine whether a host is suitable until it has bed bitten,If it is deemed unsuitable. The flea soon drops off
- Cat fleas nest where the host is in its usual resting place.
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