Bed bugs that feed are more likely to survive pesticide exposure
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 14:01
in Health & Medicine
Bed bugs that take blood meals after being exposed to pesticides are more likely to survive, according to research. The researchers suggest that insecticide efficacy testing protocols should be changed so that they include using recently fed bed bugs, and that bugs that are fed one to three days after being exposed to pesticides.