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Title Tracking bed bugs (Cimex lectularius): a study of the effect of physiological and extrinsic factors on the response to bed bug-derived volatiles.
Author Weeks EN, Logan JG, Birkett MA, Pickett JA, Cameron MM
Date 2012-09-20
Description Bed bugs of both sexes and all stages responded to the volatiles from bed bug-exposed papers, showing significant attraction and orientation towards the volatile source whether they were starved or engorged.
Keywords Bed bug, Semiochemicals, chemicals, mating, pheromones,
URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22996447
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