Insect in dirty houses (6)

I believe the answer is:

bedbug

(Other definitions for bedbug that I've seen before include "Night-time pest" , "Parasite between the sheets?" , "It feeds on blood at night" , "Night-time bloodsucker" , "Sleeper biter?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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