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Prolonged Exposure Of Bed Bugs To Sub-Lethal Temperatures; Mortality, Sterilization, Fertility Restoration And Offspring Effects

Bjørn Arne Rukke , Anders Aak and Kristin Skarsfjord Edgar | Poster | 2014

The bed bugs comeback as a pest has revitalized research on several aspects of its biology to improve management. Temperature can be manipulated to control bedbugs, but has so far been focused on temperature extremes with mortal outcome. The present study focuses on exposure of bedbugs to temperatur...

Nesting And Questing Activity In Bed Bug Populations: Male And Female Responses To Host Signals

Anders Aak , Bjørn Arne Rukke , Arnulf Soleng and Marte K. Rosnes | Full Paper | 2014

A large-arena bioassay is used to examine gender differences in the spatiotemporal patterns of bed bug, Cimex lectularius Latreille 1802, behavioural responses to either a human host or CO2. After release in the center of the arena, 90% of the newly fed bed bugs move to hiding places in the corners ...