Comments on: Bed bugs in Sweden: Ikea, used mattresses, and the spread of vägglus http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/24/sweden-ikea-used-mattresses-and-the-spread-of-vagglus-bed-bugs/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:20:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/24/sweden-ikea-used-mattresses-and-the-spread-of-vagglus-bed-bugs/#comment-11386 nobugsonme Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:27:19 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/24/sweden-ikea-used-mattresses-and-the-spread-of-vagglus-bed-bugs/#comment-11386 K, Good advice. Readers may wish to read our FAQ on avoiding bed bugs when you travel: http://bedbugger.com/faqs/travel/ K,

Good advice. Readers may wish to read our FAQ on avoiding bed bugs when you travel: http://bedbugger.com/faqs/travel/

]]> By: K http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/24/sweden-ikea-used-mattresses-and-the-spread-of-vagglus-bed-bugs/#comment-11376 K Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:37:24 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/24/sweden-ikea-used-mattresses-and-the-spread-of-vagglus-bed-bugs/#comment-11376 In July 2008 my family and I stayed at Fridhemsplan Hostel in Stockholm Sweden. We were bitten from head to toe by bed bugs (vägglus). Please readers know that the bed bugs spread easily from luggage to luggage, back packs to back packs and then taken back home. Check out the motel room for signs of bed bugs before you stay in the room. Bed bugs will spread quickly unless eradicated. In July 2008 my family and I stayed at Fridhemsplan Hostel in Stockholm Sweden. We were bitten from head to toe by bed bugs (vägglus).
Please readers know that the bed bugs spread easily from luggage to luggage, back packs to back packs and then taken back home. Check out the motel room for signs of bed bugs before you stay in the room. Bed bugs will spread quickly unless eradicated.

]]> By: Bugalina http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/24/sweden-ikea-used-mattresses-and-the-spread-of-vagglus-bed-bugs/#comment-1902 Bugalina Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:22:48 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/24/sweden-ikea-used-mattresses-and-the-spread-of-vagglus-bed-bugs/#comment-1902 Tiago...The Hand Bellows is the best tool for dispersing DE, but someone recently mentioned a poultry baster..I think that it is a very good suggestion.....Tiago...thank you for acknowledging the idea of a product that can be applied, topically, that will identify the presence of a bug bite substance......it would be so helpful....we have flat screen tvs and Ipods and GPS systems...but no one is giving up a kill for a blood sucking bug...Its so INSANE !!!!! Bugalina Tiago…The Hand Bellows is the best tool for dispersing DE, but someone recently mentioned a poultry baster..I think that it is a very good suggestion…..Tiago…thank you for acknowledging the idea of a product that can be applied, topically, that will identify the presence of a bug bite substance……it would be so helpful….we have flat screen tvs and Ipods and GPS systems…but no one is giving up a kill for a blood sucking bug…Its so INSANE !!!!! Bugalina

]]> By: Tiago http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/24/sweden-ikea-used-mattresses-and-the-spread-of-vagglus-bed-bugs/#comment-1893 Tiago Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:08:18 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/24/sweden-ikea-used-mattresses-and-the-spread-of-vagglus-bed-bugs/#comment-1893 Hej, Bugalina. Your idea about the "bed bug bite test" is something that has occupied my mind for some time (I got the hint about "a biochemist"...). Unfortunately, I still haven't managed to come up with a solution. Then again, I'm not an MD or enthomologist, so there are a couple of things that I really don't know. To all you experts and entrepreneurs out there - here's a chance to be helpful, as well as a business oportunity at the same time, I'd say! BTW, thanks for the tip about the painters brush. I still need to practice but it works better than with the toothbrush. All the best Tiago Hej, Bugalina.

Your idea about the “bed bug bite test” is something that has occupied my mind for some time (I got the hint about “a biochemist”…). Unfortunately, I still haven’t managed to come up with a solution. Then again, I’m not an MD or enthomologist, so there are a couple of things that I really don’t know.
To all you experts and entrepreneurs out there - here’s a chance to be helpful, as well as a business oportunity at the same time, I’d say!
BTW, thanks for the tip about the painters brush. I still need to practice but it works better than with the toothbrush.

All the best
Tiago

]]> By: Bugalina http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/24/sweden-ikea-used-mattresses-and-the-spread-of-vagglus-bed-bugs/#comment-1876 Bugalina Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:06:33 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/24/sweden-ikea-used-mattresses-and-the-spread-of-vagglus-bed-bugs/#comment-1876 WALL LICE hem...that should send a message to PCO's....I have heard many stories about people seeing bed bugs crawling on walls...So it would seem prudent if PCO's fan spray the lower portions of walls...in my opinion....this would make sense...Fan spray about three feet up the wall...Also I was thinking..I wish a bio chemist could invent a spray product that when sprayed onto a mark in the skin it would turn a certain color, to indicate the presence of a bug bite chemical....similar to the sticks they sell that are rubbed onto dishes to indicate the presence of lead based glaze..I was told that biopsies cannot indicate the presence of a specific bug, only the presence of a bug substance...so why not make it easy for people....It is very difficult for me to accept the fact that our society has such advanced technology, yet a pest from the dark ages is being allowed to spread like wildfire.... WALL LICE hem…that should send a message to PCO’s….I have heard many stories about people seeing bed bugs crawling on walls…So it would seem prudent if PCO’s fan spray the lower portions of walls…in my opinion….this would make sense…Fan spray about three feet up the wall…Also I was thinking..I wish a bio chemist could invent a spray product that when sprayed onto a mark in the skin it would turn a certain color, to indicate the presence of a bug bite chemical….similar to the sticks they sell that are rubbed onto dishes to indicate the presence of lead based glaze..I was told that biopsies cannot indicate the presence of a specific bug, only the presence of a bug substance…so why not make it easy for people….It is very difficult for me to accept the fact that our society has such advanced technology, yet a pest from the dark ages is being allowed to spread like wildfire….

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