Authors: HARNED, R. W.; ALLEN, H. W.

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 18, Number 2, April 1925 , pp. 320-331(12)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

Abstract:

During the summer of 1924 experiments were conducted in the dormitories of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi for the control of bedbugs, Cimex lectularius Linn., by heat. Superheating of the infested rooms was secured by closing the rooms and turning on the steam heat during hot summer weather. At temperatures of 120 degrees Fahrenheit and above, absolute control was secured by treatment of several hours duration. A very high percentage mortality was secured by exposures to temperatures averaging 110 degrees Fahrenheit when maintained for two days or more. The results obtained by the treatment of 350 dormitory rooms have proved so much better in respect to the saving of labor, safety and effectiveness than the method of fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas that the latter method has been abandoned in favor of superheating for control of this pest.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1925-04-01

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• Journal of Economic Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and is divided into the following sections: apiculture & social insects; arthropods in relation to plant disease; forum; insecticide resistance and resistance management; ecotoxicology; biological and microbial control; ecology and behavior; sampling and biostatistics; household and structural insects; medical entomology; molecular entomology; veterinary entomology; forest entomology; horticultural entomology; field and forage crops, and small grains; stored-product; commodity treatment and quarantine entomology; and plant resistance. In addition to research papers, Journal of Economic Entomology publishes Letters to the Editor, interpretive articles in a Forum section, Short Communications, Rapid Communications, and Book Reviews.
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