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One of the most notorious parasitic insects that affects human populations worldwide is the bedbug. These tiny blood suckers can spread from one host to another very easily and unnoticed. In the unfortunate circumstance that you come in contact with them, bed bugs can be very difficult and costly to get rid of. How we […]
Have you been waking up and noticing mysterious bites on your body? You may have a bed bug infestation! These pesky pests can enter your home in a variety of ways and conceal themselves in many places in your home during the day, so you may only be aware of their presence once you find […]
Bed bug bites can be extremely annoying! They’re also often the first sign of an infestation. The fact is, bed bugs need to feed on blood to survive, develop into adulthood, and reproduce. So here’s what happens when they bite you… Under cover of darkness (usually) they creep out from their hiding places in search […]
The United States is experiencing an alarming increase in the number of bedbug populations. In addition to being found in private residences, such as apartments and single-family homes, bedbugs are increasingly affecting restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and schools and day care centers. To help find bedbugs before they find you (and your belongings), dermatologists share their […]
Our winter vacation was something the whole family had been looking forward to for months – two whole weeks of skiing in Colorado! The kids, Elaine, Todd and Stevie as well as John and I were all having so much fun that we never really noticed the bites initially. On our last day at the […]
These March 2009 reports by Dr. Stephen Kells of the University of Minnesota and Dr. Raj Hulasare on the heat research conducted by Dr. Kells are very interesting. Fundamental Research on the Efficacy of Heat on Bed Bugs and Heat Transfer in Mattresses There were three specific behavioral events that were expected during the heat up. […]
Researchers at the University of Kentucky reported high levels of insecticide resistance in field-collected bed bugs. Details of the study are discussed in this article along with sobering implications for the pest management industry. The rapid resurgence of the bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., is perhaps the hottest pest management topic of the day. No […]
Bed bugs, largely absent in the U.S. since the 1950s, have returned to all 50 states with a hungry vengeance in the last decade. These insects have developed resistance to pyrethroids, one of the very few classes of insecticide used for their control. A research team at Virginia Tech has discovered some of the genetic […]
While almost forgotten about in the latter years of the 20th century, the common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) has experienced a dramatic resurgence over the past two decades, with wildly increased levels of resistance to common insecticides helping the blood-sucking pest re-establish its foothold in human dwellings around the planet. Fortunately, a huge collaborative effort […]
