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Wings are absent in bed bug, even then it is considered an insect. Why?

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Bed bug is an insect because it possesses the basic characteristics of class insecta, such as :
(a) Three pairs of jointed thoracic legs.
(b) Its body is divisible into three parts-head, thorax and abdomen.
(c) The exoskeleton is made up of chitin.

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