Check out this video form WRAL News on the efforts of entomologist Dr. Coby Schal to create an artificial human that can attract bed bugs!
The PPMA (Professional Pest Management Alliance) released a new Bed Bug public service announcement, check it out below!
Support your “ Bed Bug Hero” by entering them in the 2011 Technichian of the Year Award Contest! Hurry up, the Entry Deadline is July 15th! From PCT Magazine: CONTEST CRITERIA & RULES The PCT Technician of the Year Awards are designed to honor the achievements of...
We have to give props to the men and women on the front line, check out the tales from these HOT exterminators!
Bedbug Resurgence
A mechanical engineer named Chris Goggin has developed a product called the Bed Bug Detective that mimics the way dogs pick up scents, enabling it to sniff out bedbug pheromones, chemicals that insects use to communicate with one another. The device contains a fan...
So, I am sitting in a waiting room today and happen to over hear a debate going back and forth about bed bugs at the Palisades mall in West Nyack NY. Let me know what you have heard! Do you think it’s true or...
Bed Bugs, they seem to be everywhere; apartments, college dorms, movie theaters, hotels, offices, clothing stores, hospitals, public transportation,shelters, group homes……. your home? What can be done? Click on the action steps below:
So what came first the chicken or the egg? How can one really prove where bed bugs came from? Hmmm…. was it the employee that brought them into the worksite? Has the employee been dealing with a bed bug infestation at home and brought...
I came across a free educational video on bed bugs from the New York City Department of Health, Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD )offers an e-Learning class about bedbugs, which can be taken at any time on any computer with internet access....
Wow,vaseline, dog bowls and dry ice can capture bed bugs? ? I am a believer in Integrated Pest Management, do it yourself stuff I am kinda leary of it. But here is the link http://gomestic.com/do-it-yourself/how-to-make-a-dry-ice-bed-bug-trap/. Let me know if it works!
My heart broke today. I was sitting in a room filled with strangers, my eyes were uncontrollably tearing hearing the story of Frankie Milley. When I was able to, I discreetly looked around the room and there was not one dry eye in the house. Everyone...
You can now get a Bed Bug alert application for your iPhone. Check out how to get it here!
Watch out, you never know where that costume came from! Many people get their costumes from second hand stores, go to garage sales or borrow previously worn costumes from people they know. As you should inspect your belongings coming back from a trip I would...
According to WABC channel 7 news-NY, a Brooklyn Elementary school now has a hefty bill to pay for the clean up of the chemicals used to exterminate an infestation of bed bugs at the facility. Click on the link below to see the story. Bed Bug Ridding Chemicals Contaminate...
Check out our new page here on How to Kill Bed Bugs!
AreYouInterested.com, a dating application on Facebook conducted a study of more than 100 of its Facebook Page members on how bed bug infestations affect their love lives. Turns out Bed Bugs can ruin your game…….. take a look at the results: 56% of responders...
Yesterday Noveber 1st 2010, I had the privilege of attending an educational seminar on Bed Bugs presented by Dana Detection and Safe Green Solutions, in Rockland County NY. It was packed with pest management specialists, health care workers, county employees and concerned citizens. There was a well rounded group...
Love this Blog from BOOKTRYST.COM called ” The Very Rare Book on Bedbugs, From 1730″ by Stephen J. Gertz!
Back to School, Back to Bed Bug Basics! According to several different sources including NEW YORK (WABC) Channel 7 Eye Witness News the number of bed bug cases in schools is on the rise. In the first two months of this year,...
According to the book “Bugs in the System” by May R. Berenbaum, during the Napoleonic War and the American Civil War doctors noted that many soldiers with deep, gaping, maggot infested wounds were recovering faster than the soldiers who were considered treatable. During World...
ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO BITES According to the World Health Organization (WHO) document “Public Health Significance of Urban Pests” by Xavier Bonnefoy, Helge Kampen and Kevin Sweeney: “the acts involved in feeding to acquire each blood-meal – that is, biting a host– can cause...
According to the Article in the New York Times by Cara Buckley Doubts Rise on Bedbug-Sniffing Dogs the number of reported infestations escalating + the increasing demand for K9 scent detection dogs + growing complaints from customers that say dogs have inaccurately detected bedbugs,...
So you have probably have heard of the Bed Bug Registry it is a free, public database of user-submitted bed bug reports from across the United States and Canada. Founded in 2006, the site has collected about 20,000 reports covering 12,000 locations. Because the bedbug reports...
I have always been a huge fan of Will Ferrell and now he has impressed me more dressing as a bed bug on his interview with Regis and Kelly! We all need to laugh a liitle bit sometimes. Check it out Will Ferrell Interview On Live With...
Some individuals could not stomach sleeping on a mattress that is infested with bed bugs even if it is enclosed with a quality mattress encasement. Steps need to be taken in order to properly dispose of the effected bedding to avoid spreading bed bugs...
The New York City Bed Bug Advisory Board states “when bed bugs are present in the homes of those requiring home health care or other services, it is common that service providers will not provide services until the bed bugs are gone, thus denying...
Many employees may not only have to worry about bringing bed bugs homes from a vacation these days but the office as well. In a 2010 article from The Economist. “Nearly one in five exterminators have found bedbugs in office buildings in the U.S.,...
Do bed bugs transmit diseases? This not only seems to be a question that today’s scientists are trying to answer but an age old question that has baffled many. David Thomson a clinical and pathological research assistant from the School of Tropical Medicine...
The first Congressional Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Forum was held in Washington DC on November 18th 2010. It was hosted by Congressmen Young and Butterfield. The forum brought together members of Congress, victims of bed bug infestations, representatives from various federal agencies,...
Take only necessities with you. Seal clothing, shoes and shoes, and personal items in clear plastic bags. Store items you have worn in dissolvable laundry bags, so they can quickly be placed in the wash when you get home. Request that you inspect the...
The article written by PMP Michael Potter “Bed Bugs: Are Dusts the Bed Bug Bullet?” discusses the increasingly critical function that insecticidal dusts versus sprays may play in the control of bed bugs. Since the beginning of time dusts have been used in dealing...
It is said that those in the field of pest control will often see that some of their customers do not show any signs of being bitten, causing treatment to be delayed according to the article Bed Bugs -The Sensitivity Spectrum: Human Reactions to...
BedBug Central is working with pest control companies to generously offer bed bug services to those who are dealing with bed bug infestations and do not have the needed resources to improve their circumstances. The event is being called “Taking the Bite Out of...
The American Journal of Nursing in 1922 posted a letter to the editor entitled “Ridding an Old Building of Bedbugs” written by an experienced building superintendant in response to a readers question on getting rid of bed bugs.
Yahoo reported that Bed Bugs rank # 7 in the 10 Obsessions of 2010 Bed bugs were listed # 1 under health related searches according to AOL The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ranked Bed bugs 33 out of 200 topics searched...
In the article “Males find mates by trial and error and avoiding scent of alarm” from Science News written by Susan Milius, male bed bugs get puzzled in bed. They will try to mate with any other bed bug either male or female as...
According to an article form the NY times back in 1951 bed bugs were used as a form of revenge. A hotel keeper was sentenced to 4 months in jail for spreading bed bugs in the bedrooms of a rival hotel.
Could the bed bug be cyclical? Take a look at this article from the New York Times, August 26, 1885. An exterminator states “this is the ‘bedbug year.’ the visitations of insects seem to run in cycles. A few years ago we had...
Bed bugs and issues involving landlords and tenants is not new to the 21st century, back in 1903 “It was alledged by the defendant that under the law a lease for a furnished house carries with it a warranty that it is fit for...
In article written in the Canadian Medical Journal by M. Jane Pritchard, MD and Stephen W. Hwang MD, MPH entitled “Severe anemia from bedbugs” a case leading to the hypothesis that bed bugs can cause anemia was discussed. A 60-year-old male went to...
Picture it Illinois 2010 a single mother gives up hope after fighting a battle with bed bugs. According to an article in the Jacksonville Journal-Courier a woman named Ashlee Poole vacated her apartment after many months of dealing with a bed bug infestation. She...
Want to find out where the bed bugs may be in NYC? Check out this interactive map from New York versus Bed Bugs and the Bed Bug Registry. It shows bed bug complaints (unverified) and violations in neighborhoods and buildings including hotels broken down by year, from...
According to an article in Pest Control Technology called “Tips on how to build an effective — and profitable — bed bug program” written Donna DeFranco , insight on creating a successful bed bug program was discussed at the North American Bed Bug Summit...
Miele a German manufacturer of high quality appliances and machines is aggressively promoting “proper” vacuuming as a solution against the bed bug problem in North America. According to MARKETWIRE via COMTEX the premium German appliance brand was declared the “unofficial vacuum of the...
Research entomologist, Jeffrey White of BedBug Central appeared on Animal Planet’s new miniseries “Infested!” to provide an expert perspective on bed bugs. The miniseries profiled the stories of individuals who have experienced extraordinary infestations from animals and insects while looking at the science behind...
Naturally,Dehydrate and Kill Bed Bugs with Dust! Diatomaceous Earth a dust is used as an insecticide, due to its physico-sorptive properties. The fine powder absorbs lipids from the waxy outer layer of insects’ exoskeletons, causing them to dehydrate. Arthropods die as a result of...
The Vapamore Steamer Kills Bed Bugs $299.00 The Vapamore vapor steam cleaning system is the Chemical free way to clean sanitize and deodorize your home in one easy step. Steamers are a great chemical free and very effective way to treat for pests...
The federal government is looking for ways to crack down on bedbugs,in fact they are the subject of a two-day national bedbug summit in Washington that kicks off Tuesday. Read the full story here.
No plans for spring break ? Check out a new attraction at a London Zoo a sleepover that gives a whole new meaning to “don’t let the bedbugs bite.” The London Zoo’s BedBUG program allows visitors to spend the night in its Insect House....
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