Right now, there's only one surefire way to know if you've got bed bugs-- and it itches like crazy. By the time you notice the lines of red, itching, burning bites, the bugs could have been ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed a flurry of ...

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 AM ...

An effective and affordable bed bug monitor can be made by incorporating a new pitfall trap design, a chemical lure, and a sugar-and-yeast mixture to produce carbon dioxide. A new pitfall trap ...

Most bed bug traps and tests can cost $50 or more, but this DIY trap is so simple and cheap that the researchers that came up with it want people to try it themselves. Ideally, it'll catch the ...

Burrowing into skin, laying eggs in mattresses, and building entire colonies in sofas, bed bugs are any city dweller’s worst nightmare. That nightmare just got worse: A study published in the Journal ...

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 ...

Not all bed bugs are created equal, and some of the leading bed bug traps used by pest management professionals are ineffective against species with better climbing abilities than others. In a study, ...

In an unexpected holiday season gift, researchers at Simon Fraser University announced they may have finally cracked the chemical code of bed bugs. In field trials, their blend of bed bug attractant ...

A new pitfall trap designed to capture bed bugs is more effective than those currently on the market, according to the authors of an article appearing in the next issue of the Journal of Economic ...