stackyFACTSThe only thing worse than a bloodsucking pest is one that turns your bed into a tragic all-you-can-eat buffet. An unfed bed bug is as flat as a piece of paper, but once it latches onto a host, it gorgeously expands to up to three times its size, turning from translucent brown to a terrifyingly engorged dark red.
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