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: a wingless bloodsucking hemipterous bug (especially Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
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In Georgia, chicken farmers are beleaguered by bedbugs, which have hopped from hotel rooms to poultry farms, and from there to workers’ homes.
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Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Dini Miller, professor of urban pest management at Virginia Tech University, told Fox News Digital that places tend to get attention for bedbugs when people are visiting and looking for them.
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Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
From a chaotic immigration vote at City Hall to bedbugs sending CDE workers home, Sacramento had no shortage of news this week.
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Sacbee.com,
27 June 2026
Check our guide on How To Keep Bedbugs Away for tips on how to check your hotel room for bedbugs.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 June 2026
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Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Dini Miller, professor of urban pest management at Virginia Tech University, told Fox News Digital that places tend to get attention for bedbugs when people are visiting and looking for them.
—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
From a chaotic immigration vote at City Hall to bedbugs sending CDE workers home, Sacramento had no shortage of news this week.
—
Sacbee.com,
27 June 2026
Check our guide on How To Keep Bedbugs Away for tips on how to check your hotel room for bedbugs.
—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 June 2026
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“Bedbug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedbug. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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bedbug
noun
bed·bug
ˈbed-ˌbəg 
: a wingless bloodsucking bug sometimes infesting houses and especially beds
Medical Definition
bedbug
noun
bed·bug
ˈbed-ˌbəg
: a wingless bloodsucking bug (Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
called also chinch
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