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Welcome to Parasite Case of the Week
Every week I will post a new Case, along with the answer to the previous case. Please feel free to write in with your answers, comments, and questions. Also check out my image archive website at http://parasitewonders.com. Enjoy!
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Please note that all opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer. Information provided is for educational purposes only. It is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice. I do not accept medical consults from patients.
The Fine Print:
Please note that all opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer. Information provided is for educational purposes only. It is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice. I do not accept medical consults from patients.
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7 comments:
Cimex lectularius female bed bug
Well, this is the one that still resides with man in his bed. His cousin has taken a flight with a flying mammal, the bat. Possibly when man shared his cave dwelling with the bat, the two species shared their victims warm blood and then when Homo erectus walked away they evolved into distinct species. The two differ only by a hair.
Florida Fan
Cimex lectularis most likely due to short hairs from pronotum. Not long enough to be cimex adjunctus. I recently found a happy little family of these guys on the underside of a wheelchair belonging to a homeless patient at the VA. He was given a new wheelchair and the unfortunate family of bed bugs are no longer with us.
Eew, bedbug!
Indeed, Cimex lectularius.
Thanks Florida Fan and William Sears for the nice stories and info about its cousin!
Bedbug.... Cimex lectularis
Cimex lectularius; I cannot tell but I think I see an ecdysial scar on the pronotum, which would indicate it is still in a nymphal stage.
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