Life cycle, description, characteristics of infestation.

Fact sheet from the Florida Cooperative Extension.

Details about what they are, what they do, how to identify them, and how to get rid of them.

Article about bedbugs and their effects on humans, by Arthur C. Huntley, M.D.

Article about bedbugs from Animal Diversity Web.

Photos and description of bedbugs.

Extensively illustrated with photographs and diagrams, a description of flatbugs and where to find them, by Steve Taylor.

Podisus species (Podisus maculiventris, Podisus nigrispinus) are pentatomid predators that have potential for biological control of several agricultural pests. This site gives information on the biology and use of these beneficial insects and contains a full bibliography on the Asopinae.

Information on the kissing bug Triatoma infestans, a vector of Chagas disease from South America.