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Bed bugs being raised at Virginia Tech urban pest management labs

By nobugsonme on Nov 6, 2006 in audio, bed bugs, bedbugs, colleges, research, usa, virginia

Virginia Tech grad students are raising bed bugs to be used in scientific experiments, as described in this 90 second A Touch of Tech podcast. Click here to listen to an mp3 (it is very short). Scientists will use the “livestock” to “try to find a chink in the bed bug armor” which may lead to their demise.

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