News Life Do-it-yourself bed-bug detector With bed-bug numbers on the rise in North America, researchers test homemade bug finders By Susan Milius December 18, 2009 at 5:33 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print INDIANAPOLIS — After trying some 50 arrangements of household objects, researchers have come up with a new low-cost, homemade bed-bug detector. FIND ME Bed bugs searching for a nice blood dinner find plumes of breathlike carbon dioxide enticing.