Bedbugs

 

 

 

Bedbugs- (Cimex Lectularius) - Small brownish flat insects, about one quarter inch long that feed on blood. Bedbugs are active throughout the year and can take as little as a month to mature. They are primarily nocturnal and usually choose to feed at night while the host is sleeping. Bedbugs can not fly but are extremely agile and prone to hiding when light is present, making an infestation very hard to identify. Bedbugs leave small black droppings, usually around crevices where they hide.

Bedbugs do not harm books directly, but books can become infested with bedbugs. If books become infested it is possible to spread bedbugs throughout the library and to patrons using the materials. Once infested it is extremely difficult to eliminate bedbugs as they are prone to hiding in crevices of furniture or inside books.

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