Bed Bugs and Bats (IMAGE)

University of Sheffield

Bed Bugs and Bats

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Bedbugs are older than bats - a mammal that people had previously believed to be their first host 50-60 million years ago. Bedbugs in fact evolved around 50 million years earlier.

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Mark Chappell, University of Cailfornia, Riverside

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Credit Mark Chappell, University of Cailfornia, Riverside

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