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Bed bug, Cimex lectularius🪲

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SpeciesHemipteraCimicidae
Arthropods

🪲Cimex lectularius

Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758

Vägglus eller skäkta (Cimex lectularius) är en insekt som blir fem till åtta millimeter lång. Vägglössen är inga egentliga löss utan tillhör skinnbaggarna. Vägglussläktet (Cimex) ökar kraftigt i världen och blir allt vanligare även i Sverige. Vägglusen är mest känd för att vissa arter lever inomhus bland människor. Under dagen kryper de in i springor i bostaden och under natten kommer de fram för att sticka sovande människor. Ofta liftar den med resebagaget, men den kan exempelvis också spridas med second hand-saker. Ett tecken på vägglöss är deras avföring. Små, svarta prickar är varningstecken. Större kolonier med löss avger också en karakteristisk, något mjölig lukt. Sticken påminner om myggbett, men beroende på hur känslig man är blir reaktionen mer eller mindre kraftig.

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Common Bed Bug
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderHemiptera
  5. ›familyCimicidae
  6. ›genusCimex
  7. ›speciesCimex lectularius
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderTrue bugs · Hemiptera
  3. superfamilyCimicoidea
  4. familyCimicidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderTrue bugs · Hemiptera
  7. suborderHeteroptera
  8. superfamilyCimicoidea
  9. familyCimicidae
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