Explosives or drug detector dogs were already known but some bloodhounds have been trained in the United States to detect bed bugs. Three of them arrived in France. Among them, Ficelle, who is invited to the largest hotels in Nice. She has an infallible flair for finding these small insects that are only 5 millimeters...
Lecturalius is a real scourge that is extremely difficult to get rid of. According to professionals in the sector, its spread is spectacular. 200,000 interventions in France last year. Report made with a family of Metz who lives a ordeal for a month now. ITW Frédéric TORRELLES, technical manager of DKM Experts
Student biologists at the University of Aix Marseille designed a bed bug trap. They use bedbug pheromones to lure them into the trap.The fungus "Beauveria bassianas" that is in the trap infects them and when the bugs go back to their congeners, they contaminate them in turn. It then takes between 7 and 14 days to eradicate a colony. The students are working to shorten the duration of treatment. For this they have launched a participatory prize pool.
Marseille is partly infested by bed bugs. After the hospital of the Timone, the library of the Alcazar, the dwellings of the city Air Bel, creches and schools of the city, the company Proneem may have finally found a solution to put an end to this scourge.
Report on the fight against apartment pests in Paris: fleas, bed bugs and cockroaches and the means of disinfection of the brigade: insecticide sprayer or vacuum drying of bedding. Monique JOSSELIN interviews managers of the disinfection centre.