A dramatic re-enactment of the strange sex life of bed bugs: h/t Chris Murrow
Posts Tagged ‘bed bugs’
May Berenbaum on Bed Bugs
May Berenbaum, entomologist extraordinaire, considers the modern bed bug resurgence in today’s NY Times: I had been a professor of entomology for 15 years before I saw my first live bedbug. It crawled out of a plastic film canister that had been mailed to me by a distraught student in the Boston area who had [...]
Bed bugs reach an all-time high
According to Google Trends, that is: Insofar as internet search interest in particular insects reflects infestation levels, it seems summer 2010 is a banner year for our little cimicid friends. Peaks occur every summer as rising temperatures increase both the reproductive rate of the bugs and their motility. Incidentally, it’s a shame Gawker can’t seem [...]
A Plague of Bed Bugs
Bed bugs are back. The resurgence of these blood-feeding pests is perhaps the biggest entomological story of the past decade. Take a look, for instance, at the Google search volume for “bed bugs” over the past few years: Why am I telling you all of this? I’ve just posted a new online bed bug photo [...]
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