Giant Bed Bug
No one believed me when i told them how big it was.
Giant bed bug. Giant conifer aphids often are not noticed until the tree begins to dry out and the aphids begin to die. And though they live about a year they could go for months without biting they seldom spread diseases to humans. Like a bedbug on steroids. Vaseline may as well be quicksand for them so a common survival tactic for the afflicted is to create isolated beds using vaseline the way you d use garlic as a vampire repellent you smear the stuff on the bed frame and the legs of the bed to create an impassible.
Bed bugs are very shy and were rarely active except at night. Their color is nearly white after molting then ranges from tan to burnt orange. This was back in 2008 in montreal in a neighborhood in which i lived. Generally the only consequence of being bitten by a bed bug was the discomfort associated with the itching and inflammation.
Bedbugs are drawn inexorably toward any warm bodies but since they can t jump or fly their mobility is actually pretty low. These things were a living nightmare. By alisha montreal quebec canada picture bed bugs before and after feeding. Live christmas trees often carry living creatures and one of the most common insects found on live trees is the giant conifer aphid.