Oct 31 2009
Scent of Fear Keeps Male Bed Bugs From Mating With Each Other
Source: Wired.com
Male bed bugs get confused in bed. Now a scientist has found a bug chemical signal that translates, “Whoa, buddy. I’m a guy too.”
Male bed bugs grasp and try to mate with any other member of their Cimex lectularius species that has had a full meal of blood recently, says chemical ecologist Camilla Ryne [...]