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...
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A Bed Bug Nightmare
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...
Bed Bugs Twice As Likely to Infest Dirty Clothes Compared To Clean Clothes
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 Join The Global War on Bed Bugs
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,...
Bed Bugs Develop Thicker Skin to Resist Insecticides
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...
Bed Bugs Are Becoming Increasingly Difficult To Kill
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...
Bed Bugs May Harbor the Deadly Chagas Disease
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...
Bed Bugs Vanished for Decades, But Now They’ve Come Roaring Back
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 To Know About Bed Bug Bites
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? The Ultimate Guide
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...
