More and more bed bugs are becoming resistant to insecticides says the Pest Control Technology.

Common insecticides used to treat bed bugs have been pyrethroids, a commonly available treatment. However, recent research indicates that results have been mixed (Romero et al. 2007ab, Zhu et al, 2010).

According to PCTONLINE.com, no two bed bug populations are identical and this affect the bugs reaction to the treatments.

New studies are being conducted to test new combinations of insecticides. For more information read more…