2010 – Chemical found that causes dust mites to panic
Interesting new research demonstrates that house dust mites give off a pheromone that causes the colony to ‘clump’ together in defense, most probably to stop the colony from drying out. Scientists in the UK have discovered that the pheromone is associated with the food flavoring chemical nerly formate. How to use this pheromone to lure-and-kill a colony is the next step.
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Identification of neryl formate as the airborne aggregation pheromone for the American house dust mite and the European house dust mite. (Acari:Epidermoptidae) Skelton AC, Cameron MM, Pickett JA, Birkett MA : 2010, J. Med. Entomol. Vol 47 (5) p798-804
A healthy dust mite can produce 20 droppings a day. The droppings contain active digestive enzymes to break down leftover food for the mite.
