Repulsive smell could combat bed bugs

Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 12:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Bed bugs are an increasingly common pest that necessitates extensive decontamination of homes. Researchers in Sweden have now discovered that young bed bugs produce a smell that repels other bed bugs. It is hoped that these findings could contribute to more effective control of the blood-sucking insects.

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