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Arrow's Monthly News Letters

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Bed Bug Update

Much scientific research is being done regarding the bed bug problem in the United States and around the world.  Among the questions needing to be answered are; “Why are bed bugs so difficult to manage”?  There are a number of answers to this question.  Increasing public awareness and education regarding bed bugs would certainly help.   However, in the laboratory scientists have turned their attention to studying the genetics of bed bugs in hope that they may uncover more answers; and they have.  Scientists at NC State University have discovered that inbreeding among bed bugs is advantageous.  Because of inbreeding, a single pregnant female introduced into a multiple dwelling unit can result in an infestation in a relatively short time.  The population never needs to leave the building for mating because they can inbreed.  Scientists are trying to understand why inbreeding in bed bugs results in enhancing their “fitness”.   In most instances, the act of inbreeding usually results in the off-spring being “less fit”.  Finally, it has been shown that bed bugs are “resistant” to the pesticides used to try to kill them.  Scientists are trying to figure out how to overcome this and make them susceptible. 

This photo supplied by the University of Cape Town shows a Cape cockroach that can jump and has been named as one of the world's new top ten species. The “leaproach”, which can grow up to 1cm in length, was discovered in the Table Mountain National Park by scientists from the University of Cape Town. – AP Photo/ Mike Picker

University of Cape Town

JOHANNESBURG: South African scientists say they’ve found a new species of cockroach in a popular tourist destination.

Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park is home to the world’s only jumping cockroach, which this week was named one of the top 10 species discoveries of the year by an international panel of experts.

Mike Picker, a co-author of the Field Guide to Insects of South Africa, said Thursday his discovery shows how little is known about the world’s insects and other animals.

Quentin Wheeler, whose International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University oversees the annual list, says some 10 million species are waiting to be described, named and classified.

This year’s list includes a glow-in-the-dark mushroom, a leech with enormous teeth and a spider that weaves giant webs.