Bed Bug Research

Bed Bug Treatments Throughout History So, you have bed bugs. That sucks, but be grateful you live in an age where heat treatments, pesticides, and other methods exist to fix your bed bug problem. But did you know that bed…

Bed Bugs are Smarter than you Think Bed bugs are easy to kill by simply squishing them, that is if you can find them first. Totally gross when you see the blood squirt out. The problem is that bed bugs…

Bed Bugs and Cockroaches Survived the Ice Age The University of Sheffield's department of animal and plant sciences research team initiated an investigation into the bizarre mating methods of bed bugs, known as "traumatic insemination". Male bed bugs have a…

How Effective are Insecticides? Bed bugs are on the rise and two insecticides commonly used to kill bed bugs are becoming less effective against them, according to a study  published today in the Journal of Economic Entomology. After the ban on…

Bed Bugs don’t spread diseases, but new research shows that getting rid of them may not be enough because the waste they leave behind could still make you sick. Researchers from North Carolina State University recently conducted a study, published…

How cold does it need to be to kill bed bugs? Brrrrr – it’s -10°C outside today and it is true that bed bugs will die in freezing temperatures, but how cold does it have to get and how long…

Scientists at Purdue University, Indiana found early signs of resistance among bedbugs to two commonly used insecticides - chlorfenapyr and bifenthrin. Out of 10 bedbug populations collected across the US, three showed significantly reduced susceptibility to chlorfenapyr and five responded poorly…