Those that climb into the bowl have a hard time getting out. The market's leading bedbug detector—the Climbup insect interceptor—is effectively the same, although its shallower sides are less ...

In theory, the bed bugs are unable to climb up the smooth walls of the pitfall trap to get back out. Some traps may use lures like heat or carbon monoxide, and even insect pheromones to make the ...

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 ...

Susan McKnight, 59, whose online company, Susan McKnight Inc., sold 36,000 Climbup Insect Interceptors in September, up from 8,000 in August, said the devices are modeled after the bottom side of ...

The new trap design turned out to be much more effective than the existing commercial option, the Climbup insect interceptor trap, catching 2.8 times as many bugs. The researchers speculate this ...