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[[>]] [[module Rate]] [[/>]] [[include component:image-block name=bug.jpg|caption=SCP-456]] **Item #:** SCP-456 **Object Class:** Safe **Special Containment Procedures:** The SCP-456 colony is to be kept in a sealed containment room. Personnel entering the containment area should wear Level 1 biohazard suits to avoid being bitten by SCP-456, and the suits must be treated with insecticide upon leaving the enclosure. When not being used in experiments, SCP-456 must be fed 70 ml of human or animal blood per 100 insects, weekly. **Description:** SCP-456 is a variety of the common bedbug (//Cimex lectularius//). In addition to an anticoagulant, SCP-456 injects [DATA EXPUNGED] when biting its host, causing the brain to produce adenosine, endorphins, and a narcotic identified as an analogue of fentanyl. As a result, victims of SCP-456 infestations experience increasing euphoria and somnolence as the number of insects increases, eventually sleeping 24 hours/day. SCP-456 was identified after a number of individuals were found dead in their homes, suffering from varying degrees of malnutrition, blood loss, and narcotics toxicity. SCP-456 continues to be a problem in the wild. To reduce the number of infestations, the CDC has issued a false report that bedbugs carry malaria and must be exterminated when found. **Addendum:** Four D-Class were requisitioned for exposure to SCP-456, to determine long-term effects. **Experiment 456-1:** D-17514 exposed to SCP-456 and fed standard rations, but given no other special treatment. After 17 days of exposure, D-17514 slept constantly and was unable to care for himself. Subject expired from malnutrition █ days later. **Experiment 456-2:** D-17515 exposed to SCP-456 and fed intravenously when unable to care for herself. Subject expired from blood loss after ██ days. **Experiment 456-3:** D-17516 exposed to SCP-456, fed intravenously, and given periodic blood transfusions as needed. Subject expired from narcotic overdose after ██ days. **Experiment 456-4:** D-17517 exposed to SCP-456, fed intravenously, and given periodic blood transfusions in addition to small doses of a narcotic antagonist. Subject survived for ███ days, and was supporting a colony of ██████ insects at conclusion of experiment. D-17517 remanded for amnestic treatment and reassignment on █/██/20██. **Addendum:** [[[task-forces#iota-10|Mobile Task Force Iota-10 ("Damn Feds")]]] is investigating a report that a drug cartel located in ██████████, Mexico, is kidnapping members of the public, breeding SCP-456, and extracting the narcotics produced by the victims under the cover of DEA operatives. Anyone found to be using SCP-456 in this manner is to be terminated. ________________________________________ [[footnoteblock]] [[div class="footer-wikiwalk-nav"]] [[=]] << [[[SCP-455]]] | SCP-456 | [[[SCP-457]]] >> [[/=]] [[/div]] [[include :scp-wiki:component:license-box |author=eric_h]] ===== > **Filename:** Datoteka:Bed bug, Cimex lectularius.jpg > **Name:** bug.jpg > **Author:** Piotr Naskrecki > **License:** Public Domain > **Source Link:** https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datoteka:Bed_bug,_Cimex_lectularius.jpg ===== [[include :scp-wiki:component:license-box-end]]