Bloodthirsty bedbugs have feasted on prey for 100 million years
New genetic analyses reveal the insects evolved from at least the Cretaceous
![bat](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/051519_JL_ancient-bedbug_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
PICKY EATERS Genetic analysis has revealed that ancestral bedbugs, like their modern relatives, probably preyed upon birds and small mammals, like this bat. In this image, a bedbug comes face-to-face with its prey.
Mark Chappell/UC Riverside