There has been a huge upsurge in bedbugs that not only affects people in public accomodation, but also people who work in these areas.<\/p>\n
Though there is a lot of information of the effects of bedbugs, there is relatively little on methods to control them, particularly baited lures that have been so sucessful with insects like\u00a0fruit flys. Some pherenomes, carbon dioxide and heat have all been used as\u00a0attractants, with limited\u00a0success. Temperatures above 45C seem to kill all stages of the insect.<\/p>\n
I\u00a0chanced\u00a0across a 1943 paper on the use of bean leaves to control bedbugs:<\/p>\n
Bean leaves are spread\u00a0across\u00a0the floor and left overnight. The bedbugs get trapped by the hooks on the leaves and the leaves with bedbugs are gathered up each day for incineration. Though complete elimination would not be possible, repeated treatment can control the problem.<\/p>\n
Bedbug trapped on bean leaf<\/p><\/div>\n
Bean leaf hooks bedbug leg<\/p><\/div>\n
Other leaves are known to also trap bedbugs. For people adverse to the use of powerful insecticides, this sounds like a useful alternative, particularly when travelling in rural areas. I’m not sure where you would get bean leaves in a city.\u00a0Perhaps\u00a0the addition of an\u00a0attractant\u00a0would make the method more effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It appears possible to control bedbugs without chemicals using plant leaves that snare the bedbug’s legs. Repeated use of the approach may control an infestation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[149,146,148,147],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-historical","tag-bed-bugs","tag-bedbugs","tag-control","tag-non-chemical","czr-hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t