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spider beetle

nobugsonme — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:04:06 +0000

Photo courtesy of Lou Sorkin. This spider beetle, a stored product pest, is commonly confused with a bed bug.

Click the photo, then “all sizes,” then “large” to see in more detail.

Thanks, Lou!

spider beetle

Originally uploaded by louento.pix

Lou Sorkin’s bed bug colony (video)

nobugsonme — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:53:37 +0000

Video of Lou Sorkin’s bed bugs, in full motion and technicolor.

Warning: This is not for the feint of heart or those with a current, active infestation.

Lou says,

I had just finished feeding the colony, but not all got to eat and are now busy moving about looking for me. You can see that are many smaller unfed nymphal instars crawling about plus larger ones (adults, too) that come in the picture once in a while. The cardboard moves because there are so many bugs moving about between the slats.

And here they are, fed, and so moving more slowly:

Thanks Lou!

photos of bed bugs depicting various instars in colony; (only partially loads full image) and closeups of first instars

loubugs — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:25:17 +0000

I’ve uploaded some photos of bed bug feeding. Remember the first instars are only 1 millimeter long so every part of body won’t be in focus at the same time during photo session. The series includes empty nymph to full one with different views and a rear view. Proboscis and stylets separate and shows labium bends backward out of way as stylets enter skin. Only seen in 2 frontal view shots of the series. Finger and bug demonstrate relative size of bug, now clearly visible, because it has just eaten (by L. Sorkin). Other images taken with a Microptics setup at Division of Invertebrates, AMNH, by L. Sorkin & R. Mercurio.