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Watch Out the Bed Bugs May Bite

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Good night, sleep tight and don’t let the bedbugs bite. How many times have we heard that before we drift off to sleep. Well it appears they are making a come back, and these blood suckers are making folks think twice about sleeping in places like hotels and motels. And yes even the 5 star places are affected just like the motor inns.

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These little buggers hide during the daytime in the folds of beds, couches even under boards. Waiting for the right time of the early morning to come out and dine on your blood. While they don’t transmit disease they do cause some terrible itching bumps much like a mosquito.

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They travel around from country to country and place to place due to tourism. Catching rides on things like our luggage. They can be eleminated by some do it yourself pesticides you can buy. But for the big infestations you may need to call an expert.

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10 Creepy Things That Sting Or Bite

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 1. Scorpion

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2. Wheel Bug

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 3. Wolf Spider

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 4. Caterpillar

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5. Millipede

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6. Centipede

Camel Spider

7. Camel Spider

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8. Velvet Ant

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9. Giant Water Bug

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10. Blister Beetle

She Loves Blood, He Loves the Ladies

She has a slender body and long legs. When she finds the one she wants a distinctive high-pitched noise comes from her hungry mouth. He is a stunning chap with fancy hair and flair for flowers, always on the lookout for a hot lady.
These two make quite a pair, and we hear about them every summer. Yes it is the dreaded mosquito. Not many folks know that it’s the female that is the one to feast on your blood.
This is done with her long straw like mouth called a proboscis. Once she plunges it into your skin, and just before she sucks your blood she injects a mild painkiller, which numbs you to the pain from the “bite”.
She needs the protein in blood for development and laying of eggs. She makes that very distinct buzzing noise that you hear before you start itching. This noise is also how the gentleman find her. She seeks to do nothing but drink blood, mate and lay eggs. Living from 3 to 100 days.
The male feeds on the nectar of flowers for food. He is smaller than the lady and can be picked from a crowd by his  feathered antennae. Always on the prowl for the ladies buzzing call to mate. His short 10 to 20 day life is spent sipping sweet liquid and mating, leaving this world with a smile on his face.  
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