A quantitative analysis of a modified feeding method for rearing <i>Cimex lectularius</i> (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) in the laboratory

Abstract

The petri dish method is an attractive alternative to the water bath method. Set-up is less complex, quicker, multiple jars of bed bugs can be fed at the same time, petri dishes of blood are disposable for easy clean-up and the potential of fatality due to flooding with blood or water is reduced.