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Different species of cimex, including the bedbug (fig. 1). Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1801.

The manager of a hotel discusses the extermination of bedbugs with a lady. Wood engraving by 'Henriot' (H. Maigrot).

The male tropical bedbug (Cimex hemipterus). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.

A man using RIPA insecticide to kill bedbugs and get a good night's sleep. Colour lithograph, ca. 1900.

The common bedbug (Cimex lectularius). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.

Infested : how the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world / Brooke Borel.

The bed-bug : its habits and life-history and how to deal with it / by Bruce F. Cummings.

The bed-bug : its habits and their life history and how to deal with it / by Bruce F. Cummings.

To kill bedbugs William Tell uses a crossbow, but he should be using Hahnelyn Gas to kill them by fumigation. Colour lithograph, 190- (?).

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Infested : how the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world / Brooke Borel.

The bed-bug : its habits and life-history and how to deal with it / by Bruce F. Cummings.

The bed-bug : its habits and their life history and how to deal with it / by Bruce F. Cummings.

Different species of cimex, including the bedbug (fig. 1). Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1801.

To kill bedbugs William Tell uses a crossbow, but he should be using Hahnelyn Gas to kill them by fumigation. Colour lithograph, 190- (?).