After a bed bug feeds, it concentrates the protein- rich red blood cells, squeezing the rest of the meal—mainly a liquid blood component called sera— out of its rear midbite.

Because mature red blood cells, platelets, and the other components of blood that are used therapeutically don’t have nuclei, they are unaffected by these methods.

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Bed bugs are blood parasites, and they will go for humans and pets as a food source. Bed bug numbers have risen over the last several years after having been mostly controlled for decades.

Bedbugs are flat, oval insects that hide in household furniture and feed on human blood. Just the thought of them is enough to make some people itch. While they don’t carry any diseases and ...

New research shows that bed bugs generally prefer hiding spots that are red or black, but their preferences change according to age, sex, and other factors.