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Behavioral Responses of the Bed Bug to Permethrin-Impregnated ActiveGuard™ Fabric
ActiveGuard™ Mattress Liners have been used to control house dust mites, and they also are commercially available as an integrated pest management tool for use against bed bugs (Cimex lectularius). The aim of our study was to evaluate responses ...
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I found this older (2013) scientific article today about bed bugs. It is testing a permethrin impregnated product for a few different things, like killing the bugs and also repelling them and keeping them from feeding.
All bed bugs are not alike it seems. While the fabric with the permethrin stopped some bugs, it didn't other populations. Some were more resistant than others and fed anyway which is what I had always understood from my hospitalera training can happen.
Super interesting about the various populations of bugs tested and how they were farmed in the lab. Apparently "wild bugs" were harder to raise because they either didn't like the lab food or didn't know how to access it or something.
Anyway, I will continue not to use permethrin on my bedding and just expose bed bugs to extreme heat if exposed. I don't want to contribute to a population of resistant bugs. I'll also continue to be vigilant as a hospitalera to try to keep them out of the dorms.