New research presented by UC Riverside Choe Lab researchers in the Journal of Ethology states that bed bugs may fear water and wet surfaces.
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35th Urban Pest Management Conference registration and details
The University of California, Riverside (UCR) has announced that registration remains open for its 35th annual Urban Pest Management Conference....
UC Riverside study: Chemical blocks drywood termite exoskeleton formation
New research from the Riverside branch of the University of California (UC Riverside) finds that a chemical can prevent Drywood...
Western drywoods love pinene scent, study says
Without pinene, there was about 70 percent mortality. With pinene, there was more than 95 percent mortality.
UC Riverside to study bumblebee sizes
Scientists aren’t sure what’s behind the wide variety in bumble body sizes, but a new University of California-Riverside (UCR) project...
UC Riverside publishes research on mosquitoes, ticks
New UC Riverside research makes it likely that proteins responsible for activating mosquito sperm can be shut down and an...
Nisus Corp. hires territory manager for California, Hawaii
Nisus Corp. announced that Javier Ramos joined the company as a territory manager for California and Hawaii.
Study: UC Riverside discovers scent that causes mosquitoes to bite
A UC Riverside-led team discovered that the combination of carbon dioxide plus two chemicals, 2-ketoglutaric and lactic acids, elicits a...
Spain hosts 10th ICUP conference
The 10th International Conference on Urban Pests (ICUP) was held at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain, from June 27-29.
Mating temporarily blinds honey bee queens
New research from the University of California (UC) Riverside finds male honey bees inject toxins during sex that cause temporary...
Neurotoxin kills malaria-spreading mosquitoes
Scientists have finally found malaria’s Achilles’ heel, a neurotoxin that is only harmful to Anopheles mosquitoes that spread malaria.