ARE BED BUGS ATTRACTED TO YOUR COLOURS?

A new study finds that bedbugs just like flies and other insects have favourite colours.

Researchers placed bedbugs in Petri dishes that contained little bug-sized tents made of different coloured paper. The bugs quickly crawled to the shelter, just as you would expect for insects that spend 90% of their lives hiding in cracks and crevices. But when given the chance, they gravitated toward the tents that were black and red instead of the white, yellow or green shelters.

These apple seed-sized insects probably instinctively prefer black and red shelters over white and yellow ones because they offer better protection from predators such as ants and spiders.

Bedbugs might also gravitate to black and red shelters because they mistake the colors for fellow bedbugs, and they generally like to stick together for protection.

Another reason could be that bright colors make the insects more exposed to light, and the more exposed these insects are, the more they lose water, and if they lose too much, they will die or have to feed again.

Before you invest in a new set of luggage, there are probably better ways to keep bedbugs out of your home

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