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Desiccant dust and the use of CO(2) gas as a mobility stimulant for bed bugs: a potential control solution?
The common bed bug (Cimex lectularius, Hemiptera; Cimicidae) infests homes and service industries, and the number of infestations has greatly increased over the past 20 years. At present, no cost-effective control methods are available, and eradication programs are expensive and laborious. We invest...
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author | Aak, Anders Roligheten, Espen Rukke, Bjørn Arne Birkemoe, Tone |
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description | The common bed bug (Cimex lectularius, Hemiptera; Cimicidae) infests homes and service industries, and the number of infestations has greatly increased over the past 20 years. At present, no cost-effective control methods are available, and eradication programs are expensive and laborious. We investigated the control potential of desiccant dust in combination with CO(2) as a bed bug activity stimulant. An initial experiment with two desiccant dusts was followed by arena studies with varying doses, available hiding places and the presence or absence of host signals. Finally, we conducted a field experiment with Syloid 244FP with or without CO(2) gas. Syloid was superior compared to diatomaceous earth, and effective at the concentration of 1.0 g/m(2) in the field experiment. The number of harborages and partial application of desiccant dust decreased mortality in the laboratory. Bed bug activation by CO(2) appeared of minor importance in the arena studies, but was crucial for the eradication in the student dormitories. In fact, all 5 bed bug-infested dormitories with a combined treatment of desiccant dust and CO(2) were freed of bed bugs, whereas eradication was not successful in any of the 6 dormitories with only desiccant dust treatment. The different results in the laboratory and field experiment were most likely caused by the longer activation and higher dose of CO(2) used in the field experiment than the laboratory experiment. Our study showed that application of desiccant dust in combination with release of CO(2) gas to mimic human presence is a promising option for bed bug control. |
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spelling | pubmed-52900652017-02-16 Desiccant dust and the use of CO(2) gas as a mobility stimulant for bed bugs: a potential control solution? Aak, Anders Roligheten, Espen Rukke, Bjørn Arne Birkemoe, Tone J Pest Sci (2004) Original Paper The common bed bug (Cimex lectularius, Hemiptera; Cimicidae) infests homes and service industries, and the number of infestations has greatly increased over the past 20 years. At present, no cost-effective control methods are available, and eradication programs are expensive and laborious. We investigated the control potential of desiccant dust in combination with CO(2) as a bed bug activity stimulant. An initial experiment with two desiccant dusts was followed by arena studies with varying doses, available hiding places and the presence or absence of host signals. Finally, we conducted a field experiment with Syloid 244FP with or without CO(2) gas. Syloid was superior compared to diatomaceous earth, and effective at the concentration of 1.0 g/m(2) in the field experiment. The number of harborages and partial application of desiccant dust decreased mortality in the laboratory. Bed bug activation by CO(2) appeared of minor importance in the arena studies, but was crucial for the eradication in the student dormitories. In fact, all 5 bed bug-infested dormitories with a combined treatment of desiccant dust and CO(2) were freed of bed bugs, whereas eradication was not successful in any of the 6 dormitories with only desiccant dust treatment. The different results in the laboratory and field experiment were most likely caused by the longer activation and higher dose of CO(2) used in the field experiment than the laboratory experiment. Our study showed that application of desiccant dust in combination with release of CO(2) gas to mimic human presence is a promising option for bed bug control. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016-06-20 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5290065/ /pubmed/28217039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-016-0784-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Aak, Anders Roligheten, Espen Rukke, Bjørn Arne Birkemoe, Tone Desiccant dust and the use of CO(2) gas as a mobility stimulant for bed bugs: a potential control solution? |
title | Desiccant dust and the use of CO(2) gas as a mobility stimulant for bed bugs: a potential control solution? |
title_full | Desiccant dust and the use of CO(2) gas as a mobility stimulant for bed bugs: a potential control solution? |
title_fullStr | Desiccant dust and the use of CO(2) gas as a mobility stimulant for bed bugs: a potential control solution? |
title_full_unstemmed | Desiccant dust and the use of CO(2) gas as a mobility stimulant for bed bugs: a potential control solution? |
title_short | Desiccant dust and the use of CO(2) gas as a mobility stimulant for bed bugs: a potential control solution? |
title_sort | desiccant dust and the use of co(2) gas as a mobility stimulant for bed bugs: a potential control solution? |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5290065/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-016-0784-1 |
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