Different Types of Bed Bugs and the Most Common Ones

Several types are there known to exist as bed bugs, the creatures that come from the family called Cimicidae and feed themselves with the warm blood that runs through the human bodies, but also the animal bodies as well.
They normally suck the blood when their victim is sleeping as in this way they can not be bothered in the process of feeding.
To have a quicker access to their hosts, bed bugs invade the living space of their hosts inhabiting the areas that are hard to reach at by both the light and humans.
There are various types of bed bugs that have evolved into feeding only on a single host, while their majority reaches for every host that comes available attacking as such other types of host animals, too.
Among all these types, there is however the most common one known as Cimex lectularis, the scientific name.
The hosts they feed on are humans, mostly, and have settled in areas where human beings live, although they are known to prefer the temperate climates.
Cimex hemipterus is another type of bed bugs and are mostly found in tropical climates living on bats and poultries, but they do not say 'no' when it comes to humans, too.
Leptocimex boueti can be located in Africa and South America feeding on both humans and bats.
North American is the region where Haematosiphon inodora is known to attack more poultry than any other species and Oeciacus is known to attack only birds living as a parasite on their skin.
The members of these bed bugs is mainly to reside close to the spaces where these species sleep, attacking the hosts while these ones are sleeping.
When the victim falls asleep, they crawl on the skin, puncture it and then suck the blood in small amounts.
During this action, they secret saliva that acts as an anesthetic allowing them to operate without being bothered.
None of these bed bugs are known to be disease carriers as they have biological reasons not to be able to transfer a disease even if they were to carry it inside their bodies.
They can last without food for a period of 18 months as they fall into a dormant state and once food becomes available to them they can live up to half of a year.
Cimex lectularius, for instance, when is given access to food, it will feed itself every 5 to 10 days.
During their life cycle, female bed bugs lay around 500 eggs and when being in the process of aging, al of them will shed skin.
All of the above mentioned bed bugs can be controlled through the use of insecticides, but for the process of elimination to be effective, this one must be thoroughly and comprehensively carried out.
If not, the re-invading can occur and the process of extermination to be again performed.