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Arthro-Pod EP 81- Dr. Harold Harlan and the Modern Bed Bug Resurgence
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English - October 21, 2020 17:32 - ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Education entomology insects bugs pest management Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Tune in today as Dr. Jody Green, of the Arthro-Pod gang, sits down to interview living legend, Dr. Harold Harlan. They discuss Dr. Harlan's career as an entomologist as well as the history of his infamous bed bug colony. Plus, they dive in to the history of the modern bed bug resurgence. All that and more on Arthro-Pod!
Show Notes-
Possible reasons for resurgence include:
o Increase in international travel
o Changes in pest management
o Insecticide resistance mechanisms
o Lack of reaction to bed bugs
o Adaptation of bed bugs to alternative hosts
o Bed bugs and poultry farms
o Ability of bed bugs to go months without a blood meal
o High density housing and high turnover
Resources:
Book: Monograph of Cimicidae
Usinger 1966 (pdf)
Book: Advances in the Biology and Management of Modern Bed Bugs
Editors: Doggett, Miller and Lee 2018
Article: PCT Magazine from November 2011
Love at First Bite
https://www.pctonline.com/article/pct1111-bed-bugs-scientist/
Bed bugs evolved before their bat hosts and did not co-speciate with ancient humans
Roth et al. 2019
https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0960-9822%2819%2930477-4
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