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Saturday, January 3, 2015

Scientists Identify Pheromone for Bed Bug Traps

by Entomology Today

The arms of Regine Gries, a biologist at Simon Fraser University, have provided blood meals for more than a thousand bed bugs each week for five years while she and her husband, biology professor Gerhard Gries, searched for a way to control the pesky insects.  Working with SFU chemist Robert Britton and a team of students, they may have finally found a solution — a set of chemical attractants, or pheromones, that lure the bed bugs into traps. Their research has been published in the journal Angewandte Chemie.   “The biggest challenge in dealing with bed bugs is to detect the infestation at an early stage,” said Gerhard. “This trap will help landlords, tenants, and pest-control professionals determine whether premises have a bed bug problem, so that they can treat it quickly. It will also be useful for monitoring the treatment’s effectiveness.”......Read more of this post

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