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VIDEO · 31 DECEMBER 2014

Travelers Update On The Bed Bug Wars: Importing Pheromone Traps (Video Content)

How many hotels have you stayed in this holiday season? Or maybe you’re more modern and stay at Airbnb locations. A few of you may even have stayed at relatives’ homes?

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How many hotels have you stayed in this holiday season? Or maybe you're more modern and stay at Airbnb locations. A few of you may even have stayed at relatives' homes?

Speaking of bed bugs, last week researchers at Simon Fraser University (British Columbia, Canada) published new research indicating that they had isolated Bed Bug Pheromones, which attract and allow trapping of bed bugs. Turns out these lovely little creatures are programmed to five different compounds: "four attract bed bugs (dimethyl disulfide and dimethyl trisulfide, (E)-2-hexenal, (E)-2-octenal, 2-hexanone) and one less-volatile component (histamine) that causes bed bugs to stop walking and settle in upon contact."

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