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SULPHUR dioxide, usually obtained by burning sulphur, when used as a fumigant for bug-infested houses, has not always been successful. Schlupp1, Gunn2 and others have suggested that the eggs of the bedbug (Cimex lectularius L.) were more resistant than adults to sulphur dioxide. Fetscher3, however, recorded adults surviving at concentrations which killed the eggs.
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Gunn, W. C., "The Bedbug". Prevention of House Infestation. Dept. Hlth. Scotland, 2 (1933).
Fetscher, R., Reichsgesundheitblatt, Nos. 11 and 12 (1927).
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GOUGH, H. Use of Sulphur Dioxide against the Bedbug. Nature 141, 164 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141164a0
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