How to Make a Bed Bug Interceptor Trap out of Common Household Items

Benjamin A. Hottel, Rebecca W. Baldwin, Roberto M. Pereira, and Philip G. Koehler

Release Date: 11/5/2020

Reviewed At: 6/11/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in1022-2014

Agriculture

Abstract

Bed bugs have become an increasingly common pest problem throughout the United States. To discover whether bed bugs are present in a room or a piece of furniture, you can make interceptor traps out of commonly found household items and disposable plastic containers.

About this Publication

This document is ENY-2029, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 2014. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Dr. Benjamin A. Hottel, Rollins, Ins., FL; Dr. Rebecca W. Baldwin, associate professor and undergraduate coordinator; Dr. Roberto M. Pereira, research scientist; Dr. Philip G. Koehler, professor emeritus; Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Hottel, B. A., Baldwin, R. W., Pereira, R. M., & Koehler, P. G. (2014). How to Make a Bed Bug Interceptor Trap out of Common Household Items. EDIS, 2014(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1022-2014

Authors

P. Koehler

professor emeritus, Department of Entomology and Nematology

Roberto Pereira

Extension professor emeritus and former FPMA endowed professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology

Rebecca Baldwin

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University of Florida

director, UF Entomology and Nematology Education and Outreach Program, and professor, pest control education, UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department, Gainesville, FL

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