Undesirable dispersal of eggs and early-stage nymphs of the bed bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) by static electricity and air currents.

摘要

This paper presents results of research with bed bugs, Cimex lectularius, showing that static charges or air currents or a combination of both could occasionally cause the unwanted movement of bed bug eggs and/or early stage nymphs to surrounding areas. Because scientists working with bed bugs understandably want to prevent bugs from escaping into the general laboratory environment and perhaps establishing an infestation, these observations of the unexpected, passive dispersal of bed bugs by static charge and airflow are shared as a warning to other researchers.