Bed Bug (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) Attraction to Pitfall Traps Baited with Carbon Dioxide, Heat, and Chemical Lure

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1580-1585

  Changlu, Wang ^a,b   Timothy, Gibb ^b   Bennett And, Gary W ^b   Susan, McKnight ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Susan McKnight Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cimex lectularius; Lure; Monitoring; Trap

Indexed keywords

1 OCTEN 3 OL; 1-OCTEN-3-OL; CARBON DIOXIDE; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; LACTIC ACID; OCTANOL; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIMEX; EVALUATION; HEAT; INSECT CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HOT TEMPERATURE; INSECT CONTROL; LACTIC ACID; OCTANOLS; PHEROMONES;

CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 69649100385     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0423     Document Type: Article

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