{"id":810,"date":"2010-11-22T13:31:45","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T20:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/?p=810"},"modified":"2010-11-22T15:10:44","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T22:10:44","slug":"origin-of-the-bed-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/?p=810","title":{"rendered":"Origin of the Bed Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-811\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"Bed Bug Underside\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-811\" href=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/bugs\/origin-of-the-bed-bug\/attachment\/bed-bug-underside\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-811\" title=\"Bed Bug Underside\" src=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/11\/Bed-Bug-underside-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Bed Bug Underside\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/11\/Bed-Bug-underside-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2010\/11\/Bed-Bug-underside.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bed Bug Underside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a title=\"Arizona Bed Bug Information\" href=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/arizona-bed-bug-information-center\">Bed Bugs<\/a> have been in the news a lot lately, (see our new page <a title=\"Bed Bugs in the News\" href=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/arizona-bed-bug-information-center\/bed-bugs-in-the-news\">Bed Bugs in the News<\/a>)and we&#8217;ve been getting calls about them more frequently now. So I&#8217;ve put together a few <a title=\"Articles About Bed Bugs in Arizona\" href=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/category\/bed-bugs-2\">articles about bed bugs<\/a> and what to do about them. To start it off, let&#8217;s talk about the origin of bed bugs.<\/p>\n<p>Many people ask where the bed bug came from and the best explanation I can find is they came from caves. It seems that there is a closely related bug called the <strong>bat bug<\/strong> that feeds on bats found in caves. The theory is that man and bats shared these caves and that over time the bed bugs&#8217; taste changed from bats to man. The theory is open for debate, but it is the best explanation I&#8217;ve found. Regardless, they are here and are very difficult to control if you don&#8217;t use the right equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people ask where the bed bug came from and the best explanation I can find is they came from caves. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,10],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bed-bugs-2","category-bugs","tag-bed-bugs","wpcat-80-id","wpcat-10-id"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many people ask where the bed bug came from and the best explanation I can find is they came from caves. 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