THEY’RE small, they’ve got six legs, they live in your bed and they bite you on the arse. They disappeared briefly during the pandemic, but now they’re back with a vengeance. They’re BEDBUGS, and chances are the mattress you fall asleep on tonight is absolutely lifting with the things.
But despite sharing our beds with them, we know very little about these insect parasites. Where do they lay their eggs? What do they eat? How do they grow? Actually, these are some of the questions to which scientists do know the answers, but there are many aspects of these critters’ lives that remain a mystery. Here are…
come out of hiding and feed on their hosts when they are asleep. For this reason, you won’t find these
