Brush up on bed bug biology, behavior

Bed bugs often leave clues on bedding that they are present. (Photo: Matteo Lanciano / iStock / Getty Images Plus / Getty Images)

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Dehydration is the greatest natural threat to bed bugs’ survival while living indoors because bloodmeals are their only source of hydration. One reason bed bugs pack themselves tightly into small cracks and crevices is so they can maintain a microhabitat of favorable temperature and humidity, increasing their ability to survive periods of starvation.

Editor’s Note: Questions for this month’s test were contributed by Michael Broder; Foster Brusca; Doug Foster; Paul Hardy; Pete Schopen and Mark VanderWerp, BCE. Want to know how you did? The answers are listed below.

Answers to October Tech Test

1. True, 2. d, 3. False, 4. d, 5. True, 6. d, 7. b, 8. Ture, 9. c, 10. True

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