bedbugs

It's evening, you're just settling down for a drink in your new hotel, and your wrists, your ankles, your neck, start to itch, and red lumps appear. Now you know you chose last night's hotel badly; it had bedbugs.

Increased travel, heavily heated rooms, a ban on some pesticides, and the sale of second-hand and reconditioned mattresses have been blamed for the increasing spread and concentration of Cimex lectularius, the most common bedbug in temperate areas.

Adult bedbugs can be seen with the naked eye, but being nocturnal and generally hiding in crevices and seams, in light switches, radios and other crannies, are difficult to see. 

Eradication usually requires the employment of a professional pest control company.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “bedbugs”

• The no biggie school of thought

  
  New York vs Bed Bugs — Authority: 419
  I am honestly not sure what to make of Richard Fagerlund and his advice anymore. Pay attention to the comments, especially the one about the unintended consequences of isolating the bed. Related posts: Namechecked (plus the eminently quotable Dr. Susan Jones in PCT) Reenactment of Article 151 of the NYC ...
  19 hours ago

• Old timey bed bug news

  
  New York vs Bed Bugs — Authority: 419
  Sometimes it is postulated that people were more tolerant of bed bugs in the past. And yet if you actually look what you find is quite resonant with what has been happening to us. What follows is mostly from the remarkable Historic American Newspapers archive of The Library of Congress: Chronicling America . (As ...
  20 hours ago

• Dang varmints!

  
  Got bed bugs? Bedbugger.com — Authority: 121
  Well done to the Riverdale Press for its use of the word “varmints” (the charming variant of “vermin”) in a story about bed bug sniffing canines giving The College of Mount St. Vincent (in Riverdale, which is part of the Bronx) a once-over for bed bugs: The College of Mount Saint Vincent conducted an ...
  21 hours ago

• There’s an app for this: Bed Bug Identifier

  
  Got bed bugs? Bedbugger.com — Authority: 121
  David James is known to many of us as the creator of the Packtite (the FAQ on the Packtite is here ). You may have noticed he now has a new iPhone and iPod Touch Application: Bed Bug Identifier. It’s $4.99 from the iTunes applications store. Bed Bug Identifier’s “Reference” section includes ...
  1 day ago

• Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital vs. bed bugs

  
  Got bed bugs? Bedbugger.com — Authority: 121
  Greystone Park , a $200 million psychiatric hospital in Morris Plains, NJ, which opened last year (part of the NJ Division of Mental Health), is battling a bed bug infestation which is thought to be mostly in staff areas. The Star-Ledger reports, Exterminators have been called to the nearly 500-patient state ...
  2 days ago

• More tales of CIN-1: PBO and deltamethrin

  
  New York vs Bed Bugs — Authority: 419
  CIN-1 is a strain of bed bugs maintained at the University of Kentucky—one imagines for the purposes of inquiry into the supernatural limits of its invincibility. Its provenance is the beleaguered city of Cincinnati, c. 2005. Cincinnati, the city where bed bugs are run over by cars . 1 I am sure you have ...
  3 days ago

• bed bugs in literature, television, etc. / McSweeney’s on Bed Bugs (#4)

  
  Got bed bugs? Bedbugger.com — Authority: 121
  Alan Good brings bed bugs back into McSweeney’s , this time focusing on famous appearances of bed bugs in song, music, and television: According to a writer at bedbugger.com, “You know you’ve arrived when people write about you in McSweeney’s,” but I would argue that point occurs when you get written ...
  3 days ago

• Toronto schools bed bug policy

  
  New York vs Bed Bugs — Authority: 419
  The Toronto District School Board has published a bed bug procedure as a standard for all schools, outdoor education, child care and administrative facilities. The policy provides for mandatory notification of “signs of bed bugs in any teaching area or work site” to the principal or site manager, whereupon: ...
  5 days ago

• Short takes 12/4

  
  New York vs Bed Bugs — Authority: 419
  -I was moved by this post: Bedbugs: A Modern-Day Leprosy. Seriously. – Bart Campolo – God’s Politics Blog (Cincinnati) -Dr. Mike Merchant said some incredibly nice things about New York vs Bed Bugs. I am deeply grateful. -Dr. Ron Harrison of Orkin is interviewed at Today’s Facility Manager Facility ...
  6 days ago

• Bed Bug Central’s charitable holiday treatments

  
  New York vs Bed Bugs — Authority: 419
  Bed Bug Central is coordinating charitable bed bug treatments for the holidays. If you operate a facility in NYC or are dealing with an infestation at home, you can apply to receive a single treatment that is intended as a palliative: These efforts are not intended to eliminate all bed bugs from your home or ...
  6 days ago

• Mattress Tips from Protect-A-Bed

  
  MATTRESS Online Magazine - The Mattress Blog — Authority: 484
  For this holiday season, amidst the celebrations and the busy activities, keep in mind this basic, common sense tips for keeping your mattress away from bed bites. These are from Protect-A-Bed. .. Protect-A-Bed’s basic tips for travelers to follow upon checking-in to their hotel: Using a travel flashlight, ...
  1 week ago

• Dogs, Bedbugs and Mattresses

  
  MATTRESS Online Magazine - The Mattress Blog — Authority: 484
  Found this i nteresting stor y of how dogs are now trained by canine units to not only detect drugs, theft and other crimes…they can also sniff bed bugs! Donna Coberly of Tampa trains dogs to detect the next generation of parasitic pests. Her top performer is Cinch, a Jack Russell mix with a great nose for nests of ...
  1 week ago

• Pop. 1280’s “Bedbugs”: a “Blade Runner-esque urban wasteland”

  
  Got bed bugs? Bedbugger.com — Authority: 121
  In yesterday’s Village Voice Music Blog , Chris Weingarten asked members of the band Pop. 1280 about their new song, “Bedbugs.”  It was written by Ivan Lip who is a social worker working in housing. What is “Bedbugs” about? Ivan Lip, guitarist: I think it’s just about bedbugs. Chris Bug, ...
  1 week ago

• WEB EXCLUSIVE: Bed Bugs In Facilities

  
  Facility Blog — Authority: 472
  In April 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a summit to address a developing pest problem—bed bugs in homes and other buildings. In a follow up on this topic, TFM spoke with an expert from Orkin, Inc. who attended the EPA Summit in April. by AnneTFM
  1 week ago

• Bedbugs: A Modern-Day Leprosy. Seriously.

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 656
  Stanley is a dirty old man, and by that I don’t just mean he talks about younger women in inappropriate ways.  He smells bad, too.  Really bad.  On the other hand, Stanley is about as gentle a fellow as you…
  1 week ago

• Australian medical entomologists on what GPs should know

  
  New York vs Bed Bugs — Authority: 419
  Not everyday that you read this: Mental health impact One aspect of the medical affects of bed bug bites that is almost never addressed is the significant psychological distress caused by the bites. This is a very real health problem and should not be ignored. There is an apparent stigma associated with bed bugs ...
  1 week ago

• Kill Bed Bugs With Natural Ingredients

  
  Level Advice — Authority: 148
  Bed bugs are becoming an epidemic and these pests are making it very challenging for humans. In fact, more homes are now becoming over ran with bed bugs. The challenge lies on how to kill bed bugs safely without using harmful chemicals and throwing your personal items. In many cases most would think they needed to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Over The Top Bed Bugs Extermination - Easy To Destroy Bed Bugs

  
  Creating New Kitchens — Authority: 134
  The disrepute of the bed bugs shows that these are just next to the vampires known for their blood sucking acts. Here are some features about bed bugs and some tips to get rid of them : I. The easy Way 1. This is perhaps the simplest yet the most foolish means of bed bugs extermination from the house. This also ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Twelve Days of Christmas – Geek Style

  
  Chris Pirillo — Authority: 510
  The Twelve Days of Christmas – Geek Style is a post from Chris Pirillo I admit it – I love Christmas music. I like the old, traditional stuff. I like some of the funny stuff. I even like some of the new-fangled stuff! Earlier this evening, I was listening to some Christmas tunes while working in my office, and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cash for…?

  
  New York vs Bed Bugs — Authority: 419
  You’ve heard of the cash for caulkers idea idea, right? Incentives for home weatherization projects to reduce energy use. What would it take to get NYC apartment buildings bed bug-proofed, to see the growth of bed bug proofing businesses? The problem — aside from the overarching problem of nobody really ...
  2 weeks ago

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