Bed Bugs Have Grown Thicker Skin To Avoid Extermination

Say what you will about bed bugs (Cimex lectularius), they’re certainly a worthy six-legged foe. A new study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS-One has found that bed bugs are fighting back against our commonly used insecticides partly through a remarkably simple strategy — by growing thicker skin. More accurately, they’re growing a thicker cuticle, the…