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Bugs often creep people out, but they are truly quite amazing animals. Learn all about the biology of bugs in this section.

Bedbug Quiz

Featured Article: Bedbug Quiz

Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite. Are these insects the imaginary stuff of rhyme, or should we watch out for these tiny biters between the sheets? See more »

Bedbug Quiz

Quiz Corner: Bedbug Quiz

Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite. Are these insects the imaginary stuff of rhyme, or should we watch out for these tiny biters between the sheets?

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How do bedbugs work?

How do bedbugs work?

With DDT on the no-no list and international travel more common than ever, the little parasites known as bedbugs are showing up in record numbers across the country.

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How Fleas Work

How Fleas Work

Fleas have three real talents – eating, breeding and waiting. If you leave your home and take your pets with you, any fleas inside will just wait for you to return so they can get back to eating blood and making babies.

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Bedbug

Bedbug, a wingless, bloodsucking insect. It is reddish brown, has a flat body, and is about one-sixth of an inch (4 mm) long.

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Bugs

Bug, a name often given to any kind of insect but that properly belongs only to insects of the order Hemiptera.

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Chinch Bug

Chinch Bug, an insect, related to the bedbug and the squash bug, noted for its destructive effect in grain fields.

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Electric-Light Bug

Electric-light Bug, or Giant Water Bug, a water bug named for its habit of flying around electric lights.

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Mealybug

Mealybug, a scale insect named for a granular, white powder secreted by the body.

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Stinkbug

Stinkbug, the common name for a family of insects. There are thousands of species, found in most parts of the world.

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Water bug

Water Bug, an insect that lives in or on lakes, ponds, streams, or the ocean. Water bugs have piercing mouthparts through which they suck the body juices of fish, frogs, tadpoles, salamanders, and insects.

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