Bedbugs. Seriously!?
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Created by Henry Reich, with Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Rose Eveleth, Emily Elert, and John Guittar.
Music by Nathaniel Schroeder
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Note: Both male and female Cimex lectularius feed on humans.
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