Despite the fact that bed bugs have been largely eliminated long ago, they have recently re-emerged worldwide.
A team of biologists and chemists Simon Fraser University picked up a chemical smell that will lure bedbugs from furniture and traps.
They hope to have a commercial bait ready for sale in 2015.
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Dealt with it
The issue is getting the bugs to the diatomaceous earth. Can't expect to get it to every nook they are hiding in, and two survivors are enough for total resurgence.
Michaelholmes12
The traps are definitely for detection not for control - they catch a lot of bedbugs but not enough to say you've eradicated them.
Underneath the bed is generally fine for trap placement in our experience - the pheromones work well over several metres in the lab and one or two traps should be sufficient per room.
Sticky traps actually inhibit the trap - the bugs don't like setting foot on the sticky surface and we caught a lot less when we tried incorporating this into the design.
JOANRIVERSGHOST
Don't forget those nasty overhead bins on Southwest Airlines. People stay in a fleabag motel and then that stuff rides home in their luggage.
