5109 x 3420 px | 43,3 x 29 cm | 17 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
17 giugno 2009
Ubicazione:
Aurora Colorado US
Altre informazioni:
The common bed bug Cimex lectularius, is a wingless, red-brown, blood-sucking insect that grows up to 7 mm in length and has a lifespan from 4 months up to 1 year. Bed bugs hide in cracks and crevices in beds, wooden furniture, floors, and walls during the daytime and emerge at night to feed on their preferred host, humans. Bedbugs are small, elusive, parasitic insects of the family Cimicidae. They live primarily by feeding on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals, although they will also consume human detritus, skin cells and so on, found in a well-used bed. The name 'bed bug' is derived from the insect's preferred habitat infesting houses and especially beds or other common areas where people may sleep. Bedbugs, though not strictly nocturnal, are mainly active at night and are capable of feeding unnoticed on their hosts. Largely eradicated as pests in the United States in the early 1940s, bedbugs have been resurgent in the past decade to near epidemic proportions. Bedbugs were known at least as early as 1726 in Jamaica. They were originally brought to the United States by early colonists from Europe. Bedbugs thrive in places with high occupancy, such as hotels. Bedbugs were believed to be altogether eradicated 50 years ago in the United States and elsewhere with the widespread use of DDT. One recent theory about bedbug reappearance involves potential geographic epicentres. Investigators have found three apparent United States epicentres at poultry facilities in Arkansas, Texas, and Delaware. It was determined that workers in these facilities were the main spreaders of these bedbugs, unknowingly carrying them to their places of residence and elsewhere after leaving work. Bedbug populations in the United States have increased by 500 percent in recent years. The cause of this resurgence is still uncertain, but most believe it is related to increased international travel and use of new pest-control methods that do not affect them. - Wikipedia
