FIELD GUIDE BED BUGS

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will also attack _ and other mammals and birds

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will also attack poultry and other _ and birds

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Head with _/_ 3-segmented

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Head with beak/proboscis NUMBER-segmented

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Emit an “obnoxiously _" odor from scent glands

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the bite of bed bugs is _,
many people develop an allergic reaction to
the saliva injected by the bug as it feeds

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the bite of bed bugs is painless,
many people develop _ _ _ to
the saliva injected by the bug as it feeds

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the bite of bed bugs is painless,
many people develop an allergic reaction to
the _ injected by the bug as it feeds

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swelling usually results from feeding but
there is no red spot such as is characteristic with _bites

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In hotels/motels, the number one place for
infestations is the

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They are particularly fond of _ as opposed to plastic and metal

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They will crawl distances in excess of
NUMBER feet (30 m) to obtain a blood meal

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Adults can survive for up to _ if they are well fed

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When the temperature falls below NUMBER°F/16°C,
adults enter semihibernation and can survive for months

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When the temperature falls below 61°F/16°C,
adults enter _ and can survive for months

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heat treatment = a minimum of TEMP/60ºC for 10 minutes kills all stages

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heat treatment = a minimum of 140ºF/60ºC for NUMBER minutes kills all stages

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cold treatment for small items =
hold the items at NUMBERºF/- 5ºC for 5 days in a non-defrosting kind of freezer

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the _ were the most heavily infested item (35%)
mattresses (22%)
sofas/reclining chairs (23%)
bedframes/headboards were third (13%).

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the boxsprings were the most heavily infested item (35%)
_ (22%)
sofas/reclining chairs (23%)
bedframes/headboards were third (13%).

BED BUGS - FIELD GUIDE
the boxsprings were the most heavily infested item (35%)
mattresses (22%)
_ (23%)
bedframes/headboards were third (13%).

BED BUGS - FIELD GUIDE
the boxsprings were the most heavily infested item (35%)
mattresses (22%)
sofas/reclining chairs (23%)
_ were third (13%).

BED BUGS - FIELD GUIDE
the boxsprings were the most heavily infested item (35%)
mattresses (22%)
sofas/reclining chairs (23%)
bedframes/headboards were third (13%).