Comments on: The Bed Bug of the Future http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/14/the-bed-bug-of-the-future/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:29:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: deb http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/14/the-bed-bug-of-the-future/#comment-466 deb Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:59:48 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/14/the-bed-bug-of-the-future/#comment-466 he's losing too much blood to bed bugs...and hallucinating !!! he’s losing too much blood to bed bugs…and hallucinating !!!

]]> By: Misinformation, not pesticide-resistance, is going to « Bedbugger: your foxhole in the war against bed bugs! http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/14/the-bed-bug-of-the-future/#comment-465 Misinformation, not pesticide-resistance, is going to « Bedbugger: your foxhole in the war against bed bugs! Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:10:55 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/14/the-bed-bug-of-the-future/#comment-465 [...] I started to respond in a comment to Bugzinthehood’s article below, about Brent Herbert’s ideas about Bedbugs evolving into trash-eaters, and as it became longer than the original post, I decided I’d better move it here.   I have to say, Brent Herbert is off on these other issues, and I am getting a bit tired of the misinformation he’s spreading.  Or perhaps misinformation is the wrong word–they’re opinions.  But when people act on them, it’s bad news. [...] [...] I started to respond in a comment to Bugzinthehood’s article below, about Brent Herbert’s ideas about Bedbugs evolving into trash-eaters, and as it became longer than the original post, I decided I’d better move it here.   I have to say, Brent Herbert is off on these other issues, and I am getting a bit tired of the misinformation he’s spreading.  Or perhaps misinformation is the wrong word–they’re opinions.  But when people act on them, it’s bad news. [...]

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/14/the-bed-bug-of-the-future/#comment-464 nobugsonme Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:55:30 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/14/the-bed-bug-of-the-future/#comment-464 When I realized I was going to write a diatribe, I decided to start a new post... As I commented on the Melbourne Indymedia site, I don't think his velcro door will keep out first instar bedbug nymphs, which are 1 mm long and paper-thin. Also, there is already an existing product which is a tent claiming to keep out bed bugs of all sizes: http://www.longroad.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.100.exe/Travel_tent.htm?E+scstore I have not tested it, but Lou Sorkin confirmed the netting was small enough to keep out nymphs. We can't verify whether the zippered door is protected (as they claim)in such a way that will work. I'd love to try out a Long Road Travel Tent. Regarding the other issues of bed bugs evolving... and Brent Herbert's theories in general, see next post above. When I realized I was going to write a diatribe, I decided to start a new post…

As I commented on the Melbourne Indymedia site, I don’t think his velcro door will keep out first instar bedbug nymphs, which are 1 mm long and paper-thin.

Also, there is already an existing product which is a tent claiming to keep out bed bugs of all sizes:

http://www.longroad.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.100.exe/Travel_tent.htm?E+scstore

I have not tested it, but Lou Sorkin confirmed the netting was small enough to keep out nymphs. We can’t verify whether the zippered door is protected (as they claim)in such a way that will work. I’d love to try out a Long Road Travel Tent.

Regarding the other issues of bed bugs evolving… and Brent Herbert’s theories in general, see next post above.

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