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A bed bug sips blood from a person, and the bloating from a full meal renders the bug appealing to males searching for mates. Enthusiastic males may grab any well-fed individual, female or male, sorting out mismatches afterward. Credit: Rickard Ignell/Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences


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