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recent bites from bed bugs
Originally uploaded by louento.pix

Another bed bug bite photo from entomologist Lou Sorkin, who feeds his “pet” bed bug colony regularly. As odd as this seems to someone going through bed bugs, researchers like Lou go through all this just to learn more about our enemy, Mr. Cimex Lectularius. […]

Lou Sorkin: bitten on the hand by 30 bed bug nymphs and 2 adult bed bugs »

Left hand, mm rule, 6 hours after Cimex feeding
Originally uploaded by louento.pix
Lou Sorkin says, of this bed bug bite photo:
6 hours after feeding 2 adults and 30 bed bug nymphs. Initially bite sites were raised bumps and somewhat itchy. Within 30 minutes swelling subsides, itching stops, but small red dots left where bed […]