bed inesects
2006-09-06 16:22:10 · 11 answers · asked by nasernusrat 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Bedbugs are not known to bite or drink blood? since when ?
Feeding habits
Bedbugs are generally active only at night, with a peak attack period about an hour before dawn, though given the opportunity, they may attempt to feed at other times of day. Attracted by warmth and the presence of carbon dioxide, the bug pierces the skin of its host with two hollow tubes. With one tube it injects its saliva, which contains anticoagulants and anesthetics, while with the other it withdraws the blood of its host. After feeding for about five minutes, the bug returns to its hiding place. The bites cannot usually be felt until some minutes or hours later, as a dermatological reaction to the injected agents. Although bedbugs can live for up to 18 months without feeding, they typically seek blood every five to ten days.
Bedbugs are often erroneously associated with filth. They are attracted by exhaled carbon dioxide, not by dirt, and they feed on blood, not waste. In short, the cleanliness of their environments has no effect on bedbugs. Their numbers may be reduced temporarily by vacuuming, but will recover and require vacuuming again.
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Health effects on humans
While bedbugs have been known to harbor pathogens in their bodies, including plague and hepatitis B, they have not been linked to the transmission of any disease and are not regarded as a medical threat. Some individuals, however, can get skin infections and scars from scratching bites. While bedbugs are not regarded as a vector of transmissible diseases, they are a serious stressor and will create a lot of alarm and distress. With some individuals, it may precipitate mild to moderate cases of delusional parasitosis.
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Reproductive habits
2006-09-09 06:01:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
seriously? begbugs are not known to bite or drink blood. ticks are one of the most commonly found insects that attaches itself to a host (humans most ofter) and lives through processing fluids (blood) and extracting essential nutrients. Ticks MAY reside in a bed, however, this would be quite uncommon.
2006-09-06 16:27:12 · answer #2 · answered by matthewbullion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bed bugs.
And I think fleas live on blood as well.
2006-09-06 16:26:57 · answer #3 · answered by Zardoz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bed living blood drinkers
2006-09-06 16:24:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever heard of bed bugs?
2006-09-06 16:23:51 · answer #5 · answered by Red Panda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its is a tick called Ixodes, there many diffrent species of them.
2006-09-06 16:34:34 · answer #6 · answered by harminder1978 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right, they are commonly called 'bedbugs'.
2006-09-06 16:24:15 · answer #7 · answered by swarr2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please see the webpages for more details and images on Bedbugs and Kissing bugs.
2006-09-06 16:40:28 · answer #8 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wife
2006-09-07 04:37:50 · answer #9 · answered by mentor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OOOooh that just made me have cold shivers!!
2006-09-06 16:24:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋