Comments on: Dispatches from the battlefield, to those in the trenches http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:06:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Responsa 1 | bedbugger http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2817 Responsa 1 | bedbugger Sat, 12 May 2007 08:35:02 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2817 [...] Editor’s note: This is a response to questions asked of Winston in the comments to his first post. [...] [...] Editor’s note: This is a response to questions asked of Winston in the comments to his first post. [...]

]]> By: willow-the-wisp http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2769 willow-the-wisp Fri, 11 May 2007 17:09:16 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2769 FIFRA 2ee guidlines? (Sounds like an installment all by itself). DEEPER DO DO? lol, I've yet to break any of that down;) FIFRA 2ee guidlines?
(Sounds like an installment all by itself).

DEEPER DO DO? lol, I’ve yet to break any of that down;)

]]> By: hopelessnomo http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2752 hopelessnomo Fri, 11 May 2007 13:35:48 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2752 I think it's important to emphasize what Winston is suggesting, that the way to combat pesticide resistance is to <em>rotate</em> the pesticides used, not wholly abandon them. I confess I was not aware of Local Law 37. I'm sure if you look it up, it'll say <em>you're in deeper doo-doo than you previously imagined</em>. I think it’s important to emphasize what Winston is suggesting, that the way to combat pesticide resistance is to rotate the pesticides used, not wholly abandon them.

I confess I was not aware of Local Law 37. I’m sure if you look it up, it’ll say you’re in deeper doo-doo than you previously imagined.

]]> By: hymenoptera http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2751 hymenoptera Fri, 11 May 2007 13:02:55 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2751 All this is so interesting as it allows for a broader view from a different perspective. This type of thing is what makes this site so super. Keep up the good fight and great site. All this is so interesting as it allows for a broader view from a different
perspective. This type of thing is what makes this site so super. Keep
up the good fight and great site.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2744 nobugsonme Fri, 11 May 2007 07:36:47 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2744 Thanks Winston! Thanks to Jess for adding the linkage. Willow--I don't think Winston meant pyrethrins /pyrethroids are banned in NYC--they're not, from what I understand. He said <em>most</em> of the substances listed were no longer available. Thanks Winston!

Thanks to Jess for adding the linkage.

Willow–I don’t think Winston meant pyrethrins /pyrethroids are banned in NYC–they’re not, from what I understand. He said most of the substances listed were no longer available.

]]> By: willow-the-wisp http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2741 willow-the-wisp Fri, 11 May 2007 06:28:05 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2741 Informative yet confusing literature: It goes to show that even simplified scientific writing can become as misleading or as confused as instruction kits which claim "even a child of 5 could understand." We really have to put two and two together (and hopefully arrive at a figure close to 4.) But I find this especially so in these types of early statistics and "advice type articles". On the one hand I don’t want to read too much into what’s not there and on the other—it’s not there for some reason or another. For instance the topic of "the existence of Dormancy" is now very relevant in the forums: In one of the above linked articles it said the life span is six months but then I also read a bed-bed bug can survive for up to a year (no quotes). So, are we talking about misinformation or is "Dormancy thing" somehow figuring into the confusing details of life span? (See here is where I wish they'd insert things like ... other factors figure into life span such as , bla bla bla … Or I’m left with more questions: were these authors talking about the life span of a well fed adult, or speaking generally from lain egg to last gasp and sigh? Was it talking about bugs being subjected to various chemicals? It is extremely difficult to write specifics (and I'm good at being so speculative it gets lost too). Perhaps most folks who are not interested in the scientific protocols and controls and all of those "extras" which some of us crave, were left out because they just haven’t been studied or left out because of the intended or expected readership. Donno. We've 2 more installments yet to go! I really appreciated your introduction as well as getting some OTC brand names and chemical names in two of the four links! That was a real plus! Thanks Again For all of the putting together of all of this for all of us! I'm glued to the seat for part 2! Willow Informative yet confusing literature: It goes to show that even simplified scientific writing can become as misleading or as confused as instruction kits which claim “even a child of 5 could understand.” We really have to put two and two together (and hopefully arrive at a figure close to 4.) But I find this especially so in these types of early statistics and “advice type articles”. On the one hand I don’t want to read too much into what’s not there and on the other—it’s not there for some reason or another.

For instance the topic of “the existence of Dormancy” is now very relevant in the forums:

In one of the above linked articles it said the life span is six months but then I also read a bed-bed bug can survive for up to a year (no quotes).
So, are we talking about misinformation or is “Dormancy thing” somehow figuring into the confusing details of life span? (See here is where I wish they’d insert things like … other factors figure into life span such as , bla bla bla … Or I’m left with more questions: were these authors talking about the life span of a well fed adult, or speaking generally from lain egg to last gasp and sigh? Was it talking about bugs being subjected to various chemicals? It is extremely difficult to write specifics (and I’m good at being so speculative it gets lost too). Perhaps most folks who are not interested in the scientific protocols and controls and all of those “extras” which some of us crave, were left out because they just haven’t been studied or left out because of the intended or expected readership.
Donno.
We’ve 2 more installments yet to go!
I really appreciated your introduction as well as getting some OTC brand names and chemical names in two of the four links!
That was a real plus!
Thanks Again For all of the putting together of all of this for all of us!
I’m glued to the seat for part 2!
Willow

]]> By: willow-the-wisp http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2722 willow-the-wisp Thu, 10 May 2007 21:41:39 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2722 It is shocking to me to hear that pyrethrin is banned in NY--no wonder NYC is such a hot spot for bed bugs--thanks W.O.B. I do recall the producet I purchased was banned in a few states. It is shocking to me to hear that pyrethrin is banned in NY–no wonder NYC is such a hot spot for bed bugs–thanks W.O.B. I do recall the producet I purchased was banned in a few states.

]]> By: James Buggles http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2721 James Buggles Thu, 10 May 2007 20:19:16 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2721 Talk about the law of unintended consequences. I hope you'll cover detection methods and the tools needed (10x loupe, 20x loupe?) as the Web contains a lot of conflicting material. Thank you. Talk about the law of unintended consequences. I hope you’ll cover detection methods and the tools needed (10x loupe, 20x loupe?) as the Web contains a lot of conflicting material. Thank you.

]]> By: jessinchicago http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2715 jessinchicago Thu, 10 May 2007 18:43:49 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/10/dispatches/#comment-2715 I really appreciate this insight. We always hear war stories from those on our side of the fence, but we rarely get an opportunity to hear such a detailed and informative account from the perspective of a professional. Thanks, Winston O. Buggy, for taking the time to share this with us. I'm looking forward to the next installment. :) I really appreciate this insight. We always hear war stories from those on our side of the fence, but we rarely get an opportunity to hear such a detailed and informative account from the perspective of a professional. Thanks, Winston O. Buggy, for taking the time to share this with us. I’m looking forward to the next installment.

:)

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