Cimex adjunctus

Cimex adjunctus, is an ectoparasite found in a wide range of North America.^[1] Like other insects in the genus Cimex, C. adjunctus is a temporary parasite that eats blood.^[2] Temporary, meaning that they do not linger on their hosts between meals. C. adjunctus feed off of many insectivorous bat species.^[2] On more than one occasion, these insects have been found on the wings of Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat).^[1]

Cimex adjunctus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Cimicidae
Genus:	Cimex
Species:	C. adjunctus
Binomial name
Cimex adjunctus Barber, 1939