University of California-Riverside: Water is bed bugs' kryptonite
February 20, 2026
February 20, 2026
RIVERSIDE, California, Feb. 20 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:
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Water is bed bugs' kryptonite
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Humans tend to fear bed bugs, and rightly so. The bloodsuckers are tough to get rid of once they've entered a home. But new research has, for the first time, identified one thing the bugs seem to fear - water and wet surfaces.
A UC Riverside study published in the Journal of Eth . . .
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Water is bed bugs' kryptonite
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Humans tend to fear bed bugs, and rightly so. The bloodsuckers are tough to get rid of once they've entered a home. But new research has, for the first time, identified one thing the bugs seem to fear - water and wet surfaces.
A UC Riverside study published in the Journal of Eth . . .