British scientist Richard Naylor sleeps among thousands of bedbugs as part of his work testing traps and treatments. The insect expert keeps up to 60-thousand bugs at a research facility in the garden of his home near Chepstow. He also lets them feed on his arms, saying he has been bitten millions of times and now develops only a red patch that fades within about half an hour.
Naylor explains that the bugs stay inactive without a sleeping person nearby, making a human volunteer necessary for his tests. His research bedrooms look like ordinary rooms, but traps across the doorways keep the insects from escaping. He and his wife, Alexia, run the facility, where they test products including mattress covers, barrier tapes, monitors, and insect treatments.
Source: Metro
