The SFU group wouldn’t need a sticky trap thanks to the histamine. I think a new pheromone-laced bed bug trap is promising—anything that could help people suffering from an infestation is a ...

Histamine is also one of the reasons your skin looks inflamed and irritated after bites from bed bugs, so this is an especially appropriate way to murder those fiendish mattress devils.

A team of scientists has found a way to conquer the global bedbug epidemic. By lending their own arms for thousands of bed bug bites, they have finally found the solution -- a set of chemical ...

As expected, bed bug-infested homes had more histamine, but the researchers were surprised by the scale: Some homes had levels up to 20 times higher than those seen in non-infested homes.

New research shows that tiny hairs on bean leaves impale the pests through the feet. A synthetic version may eventually add to the anti-bed bug arsenal. By Brooke Borel Published Apr 10, 2013 3:01 ...

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New trap and lure captures bed bugs more effectively Date: August 6, 2013 Source: Entomological Society of America Summary: An effective and affordable bed bug monitor can be made by incorporating ...

Traps are tools that let pest controllers know bed bugs are in a home, but that's about it. Traps won't clear a bed bug infestation. For actual treatments, we still have limited choices, and that ...

The researchers found that histamine levels in infested homes were at least 20-times higher than levels in bed-bug free homes. And that’s not all. Researchers writing in PLOS ONE also found that ...

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.

Having any amount of bedbugs in your home is not a good thing. The sooner that you know they're there, however, the easier it will be to exterminate all of them. With that in mind, scientists from ...