Assembling and alerting scents produced by the bedbugCimex lectularius L.

Levinson, Hermann Zacharias

doi:10.1007/bf02137766

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“…The behavioural experiments completed during the present study, using data collected and analysed by EthoVision, have supported conclusions from previous studies that bed bugs are activated by, and attracted to, the volatiles from bed bug-exposed paper (Levinson and Bar Ilan, 1971;Parashar et al, 2003;Siljander et al, 2007;Siljander et al, 2008;Olson et al, 2009;Weeks et al, 2011b). Unlike many other studies evaluating the response of bed bugs to volatiles from bed bug-exposed papers, the present study has recorded detailed behavioural measurements over a short time frame, e.g.…”

Section: Discussion Olfactometer Developmentsupporting

confidence: 84%

“…The Journal of Experimental Biology 216 (3) final choice, the variable that is usually recorded (Levinson and Bar Ilan, 1971;Siljander et al, 2007;Siljander et al, 2008;Olson et al, 2009), has limited relevance when designing semiochemical baits, as the bed bug will be caught in the trap on first contact. Recording the final choice of bed bugs in experiments run over a long time frame gives little information about how the insect located the volatile source.…”

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Tracking bed bugs (Cimex lectularius): a study of the effect of physiological and extrinsic factors on the response to bed bug-derived volatiles

Weeks

Logan

Birkett

et al. 2012

Journal of Experimental Biology

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SUMMARYThe common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, feeds on the blood of mammal and bird hosts, and is a pest of global importance. Semiochemicals are chemicals involved in animal communication that may affect behaviour and/or physiology. Attractive semiochemicals that play a role in mediating bed bug behaviour could be exploited for the development of a highly effective novel monitoring device. Tracking software was used to record the response of bed bugs to volatiles from paper previously exposed to conspecific bugs in a still-air olfactometer illuminated by infrared lights, through a variety of activity variables. The effect of time of day as an extrinsic factor, and sex, stage, mating status and nutritional status as physiological factors on the response of bed bugs to the volatiles was examined. 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. Confirmation that the physiological factors examined do not affect the response of bed bugs to the volatiles from bed bugexposed papers provides evidence that these bed bug-derived volatiles contain aggregation cues, as semiochemicals that promote aggregation should by definition be detected by both sexes and all life stages. A device baited with such semiochemicals could play a major role in limiting the impact of the current bed bug resurgence by enabling timely detection of infestations, along with quantitative evaluation of control and effective surveillance of the geographical distribution of the pest species.

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Tracking bed bugs (Cimex lectularius): a study of the effect of physiological and extrinsic factors on the response to bed bug-derived volatiles

Weeks

Logan

Birkett

et al. 2012

Journal of Experimental Biology

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“…Alarm pheromones of bed bugs have been known since 1964, when the seminal work by Schildknecht and others 58 identified (E)-2-hexenal and (E)-2-octenal as bed bug-defensive secretions. This work was built on by Collins 59 and a series of papers by Levinson and Bar Ilan, 60 Levinson and others. 61,62 The buggy odor of C. lectularius was described in the early 1900s, 63 although this work preceded any mention of the odor's behavioral action or the identification of the compounds responsible.…”

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Bed Bug Detection: Current Technologies and Future Directions

Vaidyanathan

Feldlaufer²

2013

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Recent resurgence of bedbug and its management

Hirao¹

2010

Jap. J. Sanit. Zool.

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In recent years, infestations of bedbug have increased rapidly throughout in U.S.A as well as Canada, Australia, Europe and some developed countries. Also in Japan, a resurgence of bedbug has been noted after early 2000's. The infestations are not high level at present and limited in some urban area and leisure facilities, however it probably increase due to their behavior and reproductive ecology well adapted to man-made environments. Bedbug is not known to transmit human diseases, however they damage a quality of life by causing irritating bites, serious distress, sleeplessness and sometimes serious allergic reactions. Some explanations have been proposed for these resurgence including: increased international travel and dispersal, increased use of second-hand bed and furniture, deceased use of residual insecticides and changes in control practices, developed pesticides resistance, and global warming. Bedbug control requires a fully integrated approach. Various control measures and approaches adopted in US pest control industry are introduced.

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Assembling and alerting scents produced by the bedbugCimex lectularius L.

Cited by 92 publications

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Tracking bed bugs (Cimex lectularius): a study of the effect of physiological and extrinsic factors on the response to bed bug-derived volatiles

Tracking bed bugs (Cimex lectularius): a study of the effect of physiological and extrinsic factors on the response to bed bug-derived volatiles

Bed Bug Detection: Current Technologies and Future Directions

Recent resurgence of bedbug and its management

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