Tiny brown bugs can be a nuisance indoors, but identifying the culprit is the first step toward getting rid of them for good.

To see why freezing isn't preferred for managing bed bugs, let's look at the average freezer. Household freezers typically operate at an ideal temperature of around 0 degrees Fahrenheit.

Bed bugs, like many other insects, use a "freeze-intolerant" strategy against the cold, meaning they attempt to protect themselves from freeze injury by lowering the freezing point of their body ...

How to Get Rid of Bed Bugs in Your Bed Clean Your Linens. P lace your bed linens and blankets in a sealed plastic bag to ...

A bed bug nymph in the process of ingesting a blood meal. cdc.gov. Dec. 9, 2013, 3:07 PM EST. ... To survive in cold environments, the bugs use "freeze-intolerant" strategies, ...

Bed bugs live in cracks in and around beds, but spotting them can be difficult for a number of reasons. Not only do they crawl out at night to bite exposed skin, they’re also very small, with ...

This article was originally published with the title “ How Scientists Are Tackling the Bed Bug Nightmare ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 306 No. 2 (February 2012) doi:10.1038 ...

Bed bugs make us shudder and cringe. So arm yourself with the courage to learn about the biology and successes of Cimex lectularius – as well as the ways to get rid of it.