Effect of Feeding Status on Mortality Response of Adult Bed Bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) to Some Insecticide Products.

The article focuses on the effect of bloodmeal in the mortality response of bed bug adults induced with insecticide products. Among the insecticide products that were tested in the adult bed bugs include desiccant pyrethrin dust, fresh residue of deltamethrin, and chlorfenapyr. Result shows that increased body mass was not the primary cause for bloodmeal-related mortality in bed bugs.