The new pitfall trap design caught significantly more (2.8-fold) bed bugs than the Climbup insect interceptor trap, which the authors name as the most effective monitor currently available on the ...

Regardless of how tropical bed bugs do it, their ability to escape pitfall traps "has profound implications in the monitoring and potential management of bed bug infestations," says Chow-Yang Lee ...

Scientists have taken an Ikea dog bowl, leather dye, surgical tape, yeast and sugar and built a better bed bug trap. Changlu Wang, a Rutgers University entomologist, started to battle Cimex ...

Scientists at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) spinout Arctech Innovation have used their in-depth knowledge of insects, chemistry and odor to develop a new trap for bed bugs.

You can purchase the bed bug traps on Amazon here, and there are other options for killing bed bugs, such as this repellent spray (£13.99) and even an electronic plug that drives the bugs away ...

What is a pitfall trap? A pitfall trap is a simple device used to catch small animals - particularly insects and other invertebrates - that spend most of their time on the ground. In its most basic ...

Bug interceptors are small plastic dishes you place under your bed frame legs that trap bedbugs. These traps don't use any pesticide but rely on the fact that bedbugs find climbing smooth ...

The new pitfall trap design caught significantly more (2.8-fold) bed bugs than the Climbup insect interceptor trap, which the authors name as the most effective monitor currently available on the ...