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Here at ICR we have over 30 insect colonies. All our colonies are reared and maintained on premises and are susceptible to insecticides. We also have the means to test many other species and special orders can be made to accommodate testing.

ICR maintains the only commercially-available body louse colony in the Western Hemisphere. Many head louse control products had their initial evaluation at ICR since the body louse is the surrogate species for the head louse. For screening or comparing a number of formulations, our system is considerably cheaper and faster than conducting clinical studies. Precise numbers of even-age lice or nits can be tested under ASTM protocols. ICR developed the ASTM standard protocols for evaluating louse control products for adults (E938-83) and eggs (E1517-93).

Flies

  • Stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans)
  • House fly (Musca domestica)
  • Fruit flies (Drosophila melongaster)

Mosquitoes

  • Yellowfever mosquito (Aedes aegypti)
  • Southern house mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus)
  • Establishing an Anopheles colony

Stink Bugs

  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)

Lice

  • Body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus)

Dust Mites

  • American house dust mite (Dermatophagoides farinae)
  • European house dust mite ( Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus)

Ants

  • Pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis)
  • Odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile)
  • Establishing Argentine ant colony (Linepithema humile)

Stored Product Pests

  • Confused flour beetle (Tribolium confusum)
  • Red flour beetle (Tribolium castanium)
  • Sawtooth grain beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis)
  • Maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)
  • Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae)
  • Granary weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
  • Drugstore beetle (Stegobium paniceum)
  • Clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella)
  • Greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella)
  • Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)
  • Yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)
  • Black carpet beetle (Attagenus unicolor)
  • Lesser mealworm (Alphitobius diaperinus)
  • Lesser grain borer (Rhyzopertha dominica)

Cockroaches

  • German cockroach (Blatella germanica)
  • American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
  • Brown-banded cockroach (Supella longipalpa)
  • Oriental cockroach (Blatella orientalis)
  • Several exotic species including Madacascar hissing cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa)

Bed Bugs

  • (Cimex lectularius)

Thysanura

  • Firebrat (Thermobia domestica)