Bed bug attractants and methods for trapping bed bugs

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for attracting bed bugs with novel attractants and new and improved methods to enable their use to attract, monitor or trap bed bugs for surveying, monitoring, mitigation and management purposes. Known mammal pheromones were discovered to be...

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Hauptverfasser:	SCHAAFSMA ELIZABETH JOY, BANFIELD MICHAEL GILBERT
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUSPLANTS BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS FISHING FORESTRY HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention relates to compositions and methods for attracting bed bugs with novel attractants and new and improved methods to enable their use to attract, monitor or trap bed bugs for surveying, monitoring, mitigation and management purposes. Known mammal pheromones were discovered to be useful as bed bug kairomone attractants. A method of delivering non-volatile attractants by using the attractive heat source to heat and volatilize the attractants was discovered to be the optimal method to disseminate the kairomones. A new method of generating low levels of carbon dioxide is disclosed, and the combination of kairomones, carbon dioxide and heat is shown to attract bed bugs.