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The man who sleeps with thousands of bedbugs for science

He straps some of his 60,000 bugs to his arm and works while they suck his blood (Picture: SWNS) A scientist studies bed bugs by sleeping with thousands of them in a laboratory at the bottom of his garden. Entomologist Dr Richard Naylor, 45, breeds the insects to test pest control products from all over the world. During a ‘feeding day’ twice a week, he straps some of his 60,000 bugs to his arm…

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    He straps some of his 60,000 bugs to his arm and works while they suck his blood (Picture: SWNS) A scientist studies bed bugs by sleeping with thousands of them in a laboratory at the bottom of his garden. Entomologist Dr Richard Naylor, 45, breeds the…

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