First, the study. Naylor, R. A., and C. J. Boase. 2010. Practical Solutions for Treating Laundry Infested With Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 103 (February): 136-139. doi:10.1603/EC09288.
Reinhardt, K., Isaac, D., & Naylor, R. (2010) Estimating the feeding rate of the bedbug Cimex lectularius in an infested room: an inexpensive method and a case study. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 24, 46-54. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00847.x [update 8/10: free article]
A new article in the Journal of Economic Entomology should have important implications for policy making—if we are smart enough as a society to appreciate the stakes.
Dr. Changlu Wang has produced a new fact sheet, FS1117 – Detecting Bed Bugs Using Bed Bug Monitors (free PDF download), detailing step-by-step instructions to make and use the dry ice trap developed by Rutgers University (see the ScienceNews story … Continue reading
The University of Kentucky announced yesterday that knockdown resistance (kdr-type) mutations, conferring resistance to synthetic pyrethroid pesticides, are widely prevalent in U.S. bed bug populations. The study, forthcoming1 in Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, finds that one or two … Continue reading
A new article has brought forth the memory of a particular passage, more aside than discussion, from back when research was written in the plainest language. Kenneth Mellanby once confined individual virgin female bed bugs with several males in glass … Continue reading
It turns out that there is another diatomaceous earth trial. It is a report produced by Stephen Doggett and colleagues on behalf of diatomaceous earth manufacturer Mount Sylvia Diatomite.
CIN-1 is a strain of bed bugs maintained at the University of Kentucky—one imagines for the purposes of inquiry into the supernatural limits of its invincibility.
Bed Bugs Are Back: Are We Ready? (PDF) — the new Toronto report from WoodGreen Community Services, Habitat Services and Public Interest is now available for download at the website of WoodGreen Community Services.
Pfiester, Margie; Koehler, Philip G.; Pereira, Roberto M. (2009) Effect of Population Structure and Size on Aggregation Behavior of Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Journal of Medical Entomology 46(5):1015-1020. doi: 10.1603/033.046.0506 (free download available)