In the world there are more than 100 thousand different types of bedbugs. They live practically across the globe.
The most famous became bed bugs - parasites that feed on human blood. However, this is only a small part in the huge family of these insects.
There are also woody trees that feed on plant sap, and predator bugs who eat other insects or fish.
Let's talk about the nutrition of these insects: what do they eat, how many bugs live without food, what do they eat besides blood?
How and what to eat?
What is the oral apparatus for bedbugs? Piercing and suckingThis type of apparatus is used to consume liquid food.
The device has altered lower lipwhich took the form of a long sharp tube. It is well suited to pierce the top layer of skin or stem. At rest, this trunk is pressed against the bottom of the head or chest. For example, bed bugs on the lower part of the body have a special notch where it hides.
To begin feeding, the pest chooses a place for a puncture, puts the tip of the proboscis on it and begins to make rotational movements with his head. The tube is slightly bent, giving access to a special needle that pierces the lid. The proboscis itself is instantly introduced into it.
Food Authority consists of two parallel channels. One by one, a special enzyme is derived that partially digests food. In the case of blood-sucking parasites, there still contains anesthetic, so that the victim does not feel anything. Then the food is sucked by insects through the second channel.
About 1–1.5 μl of nutrient (juice, blood) is absorbed at one time. After that he moves aside a little and repeats the operation.
For example, it is because of such a mechanism that a kind of six to seven bites remains on the human body. Especially noticeable bites in children.
What do bedbugs eat? They can be divided into three large groups - parasites, predators and herbivores.
They eat about once in 5-10 days.
The parasites are well-known to all bed (linen), triatom bugs and many others like them. What do they eat? They usually live in an apartment or a house, at night they attack sleeping people and animals and feed on their blood. The bites are small, but itchy.
Besides, triatomid bug is a carrier of dangerous deadly Chagas disease, from which there is currently no vaccine. In general, any bugs are harmful and dangerous to humans. Burning is similar to the home, however, during the bite blisters appear, up to 5 cm in size with severe itching and allergies.
Therefore, it is very important at the first signs of the appearance of these insects in your home, immediately begin to get rid of them. Check out our section on how to deal with them. You can also read a review of the best remedies for bedbugs.
What bugs eat except blood? Predators feed on other insects, invertebrates. For example, a water strider and Gladysh eat algae, insects and their larvae, tadpoles and fry that have fallen into the pond. Large belostomatidy can attack frogs, newts. Tree predators eat insects harmful to agriculture - aphids, flies, caterpillars.
Herbivorous species of bedbugs feed on plant sap. With their long proboscis, they can pierce the thin bark of young trees or get to the capillaries in the leaves and stems. Cruciferous insects most of all love plants with the same name.
They are a real disaster for radish, cabbage, rapeseed and many other crops. An immature seedling dies after the attack.
Also there are bedbugs, combining reception of plant and animal food. For example, the red soldier beetle, familiar to everyone, feeds on the sap of plants, seeds that have fallen to the ground, as well as the remains of dead invertebrates. Often they can be seen on the bodies of their own dead brethren.
In the world there are a huge number of species of bugs, which can be divided into 3 large groups. What do bedbugs eat? Bed - by the blood of a person or animals, predators - by insects, invertebrates, fry, and herbivores - by the sap of plants. All of them use for this purpose a special piercing-sucking oral apparatus, with which they pierce the food membrane. We also answered a frequent question: how many bugs can live without blood?
NOTE! Here is a list of popular remedies for bedbugs: effective aerosols of Combat, Raptor, Reid, powders for dilution in water and treatment from the sprayer Executioner, Karbofos, Fufanon, Forsyth, Tsifoks. Or you can trust the professionals who own advanced technologies and will be able to help you in a short time.
