Monday, June 11, 2018

Case of the Week 497

This week's case was generously donated by Florida Fan. The following bug were submitted by the physician of a 69-year-old woman. No further history is available. As Florida Fan says, "Here comes the summer, and with it comes the bugs."


Identification?

3 comments:

  1. Just saw one of these in my clinic.
    bed bug, Cimex lectularis.
    Pronotal hairs aren't long enough to be a bat bug.
    My computer is itching...

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  2. Phew! A bed bug, a male Cimex lectularius, so I see in the second picture.
    Luis.

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  3. Blaine A. MathisonJune 12, 2018 at 7:14 AM

    B&B Bugs is back! Beautiful brown biting, blood-sucking bed bug! Boo-yeah!

    -Blaine :)

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