How Bed Bugs Reproduce
In order to prevent the spread of bed bugs, it’s important to understand how they reproduce. Bedbugs reproduce via hypodermic insemination, also known as traumatic insemination. Male bugs use their genitalia to...
In order to prevent the spread of bed bugs, it’s important to understand how they reproduce. Bedbugs reproduce via hypodermic insemination, also known as traumatic insemination. Male bugs use their genitalia to...
This story begins in October 2016. Sarah Daniels woke up one morning with several itchy lumps on her right leg. It didn’t concern her too much at the time, and she went...
An increase in global travel and resistance to modern pesticides is believed to be behind the unprecedented surge in bed bug populations across the world, but recent research suggests there may be...
Sniffer dogs are in strong demand across the world for their ability to detect a wide variety of smells, including drugs, fugitives, explosives, mould, and even human diseases. And in recent years,...
It helps to have a thick skin, and this is literally true for bed bugs. Like all insects, bed bugs are covered by an exoskeleton called a cuticle. Recent research has shown...
The common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, is becoming increasingly difficult to eradicate. According to a recent study published in the Journal of Economic Entomology, the pesky parasites have developed a resistance to...
Reports of bed bug infestations continue to rise across the world, with the unwelcome parasites proliferating in homes, hotels, schools, busses and movie theatres. The tiny creatures are notorious for the red...
If anyone knows bed bugs, it’s University of Kentucky entomologist Michael Potter. He’s been studying the blood-sucking parasites for much of his adult life. According to Potter, bed bugs were a common...
What is there to know about bed bug bites? First let’s talk about Bed bugs. Bed bugs are small, apple seed-sized insects that feed on blood and leave bed bug bites, and...
What are bed bugs? Bed bugs are very small, reddish-brown insects about the size of an apple seed that rely on the blood of humans and animals to survive. Their numbers have...