Nattaro Scout™ Bed Bug Pheromone Lure & Trap

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Nattaro Scout™ Bed Bug Pheromone Lure & Trap

Developed by Sweden’s publicly listed Nattaro Labs and protected by global patents, the Nattaro Scout™ Lure is trusted worldwide as the most advanced, science-driven solution for fast, reliable bed bug detection.

Not sure if you have Bed Bugs? Get Answers in days, not weeks. The quickest proven method to uncover active infestations in homes, hotels, motels, and Airbnbs.

How It Works

The Scouts contain a non-toxic attractant that mimics the aggregation pheromones of bed bugs luring bed bugs into the trap, the Nattaro Scout™ delivers unmatched accuracy. When paired with Bed Bug Wholesales' discreet interceptor traps placed under bed legs, it quickly reveals infestations before they spread, cause panic, or drive up costly treatments. The lure's capsule design ensures no mess, no glue, and no exposure to the attractant, making setup and use clean and safe.

Whether you’re a pest control professional or a property owner, you can have confidence with the Nattaro Scout™ in action.

Key Features of Nattaro Scout

Nattaro Scout™ – Your Ultimate Bed Bug Monitoring Solution.

Trusted worldwide, Nattaro Scout™ gives you peace of mind by detecting bed bug activity early, before infestations take control. Whether you’re safeguarding your home, business, or verifying complete elimination after treatment, Nattaro Scout™ ensures no bed bug goes unnoticed. Stay one step ahead, because prevention and certainty matter.

A Globally Patented Innovation – Unique Swedish technology recognised worldwide. Create in Lund Sweeden by Nattaro Labs, a publicly listed company who are based in Medicon Village.
Pinnacle of Bed Bug Detection – With over 5 million dollars in research and development, the Nattaro Scout™ is a cutting-edge design that sets an industry benchmark.
Safe & Non-Toxic – 100% pesticide-free, safe for use in bedrooms, hotels, and sensitive environments.
Early Detection Advantage – Identifies infestations at the earliest stages.
Long-Lasting Effectiveness – Each lure remains active for up to 4 weeks.

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How To Use Nattaro Safe Bed Bug Lures

To use these, place the Scouts flat on the floor near beds, sofas, under your mattress or other areas where people rest or sleep as these are prime hiding spots for bed bugs. Ideally, position them close to walls, skirting boards, or under furniture legs where bed bugs are likely to travel. The Scouts contain a non-toxic attractant that mimics the aggregation pheromones of bed bugs luring bed bugs into the trap.

Check the devices regularly, at least once every few days. If bed bugs are detected, the Scouts provide an early warning, allowing you to take additional measures before the infestation spreads. For best results, use multiple Scouts across different rooms to increase the chances of detection. A minimum of 2 per room is recommended.

After you are confident that an infestation has been removed, continue using the Scouts for an additional four weeks to ensure that all bed bugs are truly gone and the cycle wont repeat.

Scientific Studies & Nattaro Scout Development

Bed bugs, for long a forgotten nuisance, have reappeared. The detection and eradication of them have become a million dollar industry. Bed bugs are well protected from watery solutions of pesticides by a waxy outer cuticle (shell) and they easily become resistant to pesticides as unlike cockroaches and other crawling insects Bed Bugs do not wash themselves. It is therefore unlikely a bed bug will injest a chemical pesticide. Approximately ten weeks after infestation a bed bug population change from linear to exponential growth. To detect an infestation before this point is crucial for a successful treatment. Our aim is to develop a monitoring system that detect bed bugs at low densities, partly substituting costly ocular inspections and a system that can evaluate the eﬃcacy of a treatment.

We collected and analysed emissions from bed bug colonies with headspace, enfleurage and GC-MS methods. Bed Bug attraction in test arenas to the pheromones resulted in a solution of five chemicals, which, applied in traps, were presented together with control traps and tested in mesocosm. Pheroemission decreased with time, but was easily detectable after six days. Ten bed bugs (4 females, 6 males) were released at start, after 24 and 72 hrs and retrieved after 24, 72 and 144 hours, respectively. Scent baited pherotraps caught 37, 38 and 37 % of the introduced bed bugs during the first, second and third period, respectively and caught significantly more bed bugs than unscented control traps (p=2 x 10-16).

The capture of both sexes were independent of bait age for the three periods we tested, but the periods varied in length and we do not know when in each period the bed bugs went into the traps. The eﬀect of exposure time was tested for fresh scent by releasing bed bugs at the start and retrieving them after 48hrs. At the end of the 48 hour period there were statistically significantly more bed bugs in the pherotrap compared to the 24 hour period (p=0.05). In conclusion we have a highly potent scent mixture that attracts both female and male bed bugs irrespective of bait age, at least for up to the 144 hours tested in our experiment.

Our mixture is more attractive to female than to male bed bugs, which is a bonus because detection of female bed bugs, especially pregnant ones, at an early state may prevent establishment of new infestations.

Bed bugs spend most time between blood meals in harborages, aggregations consisting of a relative constant number of adult bed bugs and nymphs. We predicted bed bugs to use volatiles to locate their harborages and expected that we could use the volatiles to lure bed bugs into a trapping device. To pursuit this idea we.

1). initiated a study of emissions from bed bug aggregations and identified a number of volatiles that we

2) tested in arena tests in the lab. We then

3) tested the most promising mixture in traps in mesocosm under circumstances that approached natural conditions.

In the lab, head-space and enfleurage samples were collected from vials containing equal numbers of nymphs, female and male bed bugs that had aggregated into harborages on filter paper. Samples were eluted with hexane, added an internal standard and analyzed by GC-MS and most compounds were identified with authentic standards. We tested a number of compounds and combination of these in test arenas resulting in a highly attractive blend composed of five compounds that was statistically significantly more attractive to both female and male bed bugs than control blends.

Figure 1. Arena tests, each with ten bed bugs, of the mixture abefg against water controls. The activity was video recorded for 30 minutes.Each time a bed bug went under the rim of the glass over a scent or a control vial it was scored. At the end of the 30 minute period the position of each bed bug in the arena was scored as the bugs were removed. The diﬀerence is small between the score during the 30 minute period and at the end of the period indicating that the bed bugs make a choice and then usually stay in that position the remaining time. (Of ten bed bugs, 1.3 ± 1.24 (average ± S. D.) females and 2.3 ± 2.27 males did not make any choice).

The attraction of bed bugs to this synthetic mixture was then tested in a seminatural environment established in mesocosm that contained wooden skirting boards and clothing which are favourite materials for bed bugs to hide in or under. Ten bed bugs, four females and six males, were released into a mesocosm with two traps one with the synthetic scent bait (pherotrap) and the other with control bait. The proportion of females to males reflects that found in natural populations. The bed bugs were scored at three positions: pherotrap, control trap and outside of either trap at the end of each period. The pherotrap caught statistically significant more bed bugs than the control trap (p=2 x 10-16) (Fig 2). There were no diﬀerences between the sexes caught in the trap but significantly more males were left in the mesocosm compared to either sex in the pherotrap (p<0.05).

The life length of the scented bait lasted the whole test period. Although the emission decreased about 40 fold from when the bait was loaded into the traps (3147 ng/hr) and until the experiment ended 144 hours later (75 ng/hr, Fig. 3) it still attracted bed bugs during the third period.

The eﬀect of exposure time was tested for the first period by extending the duration to 48 hrs (0-48 hrs). The pherotrap caught significantly more bed bugs during the longer exposure (p=0.05) (Table 1 and Fig. 4). This highlights the traps eﬃciency as the bed bugs aggregate in the mesocosm but are then attracted from their initial aggregation towards the pherotrap after the first 24 hrs.

The scented pherotraps displayed a strong hit-rate for all three periods as well as the extended first period (Fig 5). Few control traps caught more than one or two bed bugs, whereas the probability of capturing 2 to 4 bed bugs was higher in the scented trap

Figure 2. Distribution of bed bugs in mesocosm in relation to bait age. Bed bug attraction to bait exposed for up to 144 hours. Bed bugs were scored at three diﬀerent positions: pherotraps (blue), control traps (red) and outside in mesocosm (green). Ten bed bugs (4 female and 6 males) were used in each replicate. Pherotraps attracted equal numbers of female and male bed bugs and significantly more bed bugs than the control traps (p<0.001). Significantly fewer female than male bed bugs were still located outside in the mesocosm at the end of each period (p<0.05), (Tukey HSD post hoc test for 3-way ANOVA).

Figure 3.Figure 3. Longevity of the synthetic scent mixture in pherotraps. GC-MS analysis of head space from the scent mixture (ng h-1) in pherotraps at the start and/or end of the three periods (0-24, 24-72 and 72-144 hrs). The scent mixture was still easily detectable after 144 hours at the end of the experiment.

Figure 4. Interaction plot between 24 and 48 hour of exposure. Mean number of bed bugs in the phero-trap, control trap or outside during the 24 (0-24) and 48 (0-48) hour exposure experiment. There were significantly more bed bugs in the pherotrap in the 48 hour exposure group compared to the 24 hour group. The female/male ratio in the mesocosm was 4:6, N=24 for both exposures.

Conclusion on Scientific Report on Nattaro Scout™ Bed Bug Lure & Trap

We have composed a synthetic scent mixture based on bed bugs own aggregation scent, which is active and attracts both male and female bed bugs. Female bed bugs appear to be more attracted to the scent compared to males. Our results show that the pherotrap has the potential to continue to attract and trap bed bugs in an infested area for up to 144 hours. The next step is to test the pherotrap under field conditions and hopefully be able to confirm the results in the bed bugs natural

environment. The pherotrap has the potential to become a useful tool to check if a treatment has been successful, as a monitor device in hotels and other public places that are at risk of bed bugs or to control luggage after travelling.

How to use the Nattaro Scout Bed Bug Lure

Nattaro Scout™ DIY Bed Bug Lure and Trap Product & Saftey Infomation

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