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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