BUG  , the See also:

• COMMON

common name for hemipterous See also:

• INSECTS

insects of the See also:

• FAMILY

family Cimicidae, of which the best-known example is the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house bug or See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed bug (Cimex lectularius) . This disgusting See also:

• INSECT

insect is of an See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval shape, of a rusty red See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and, in common with the whole tribe to which it belongs, gives off an offensive odour when touched; unlike the others, however, it is wingless . The bug is provided with a See also:

• PROBOSCIS

proboscis, which when at See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest lies along the inferior See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• THORAX (Gr. BWpaE, breastplate, also the part of the body covered by it)

thorax, and through which it sucks the See also:

• BLOOD

blood of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food of this See also:

• SPECIES

species . It is nocturnal in its habits, remaining concealed by See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day in crevices of bed See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, among the hangings, or behind the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, and shows considerable activity in its nightly raids in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of food . The See also:

• FEMALE

female deposits her eggs at the beginning of summer in crevices of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood and other retired situations, and in three See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young emerge as small, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, and almost transparent larvae . These See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change their skin very frequently during growth, and attain full development in about eleven weeks . Two centuries ago the bed bug was a rare insect in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, and probably owes its name, which is derived from a See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic word signifying " See also:

• GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

ghost " or " goblin," to the terror which its attacks at first inspired . An allied species, the See also:

• DOVE
• DOVE (Dutch duyve, Dan. due, Ice. dufa, Ger. Taube)

dove-cote bug (Cimex columbaria), attacks domestic fowls and pigeons .