Comments on: Booklice vs. bed bug nymphs http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:14:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Buganoia http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/comment-page-1/#comment-18267 Buganoia Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:47:25 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/#comment-18267 I should clarify: By Psocid I mean Book Lice . .. they're the same thing or at least very similar, right? And I found about 3 of them in one of the Climbup Interceptors. Two of them were dead, but the third was wandering around and couldn't get out, so he's the one I caught in tape. I want a professional to look at it, but I don't know where to go. I live in Manhattan. Any help is much appreciated! I should clarify:
By Psocid I mean Book Lice . .. they’re the same thing or at least very similar, right?
And I found about 3 of them in one of the Climbup Interceptors. Two of them were dead, but the third was wandering around and couldn’t get out, so he’s the one I caught in tape. I want a professional to look at it, but I don’t know where to go. I live in Manhattan.
Any help is much appreciated!

]]> By: Buganoia http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/comment-page-1/#comment-18266 Buganoia Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:38:39 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/#comment-18266 Although I haven't found any actual bedbugs, I'm still fearful because I've been having itchy skin and sometimes accompanying red splotches periodically for the past month since I moved into my new apartment. My landlord sent me an exterminator, who said I didn't have bedbugs and joked that I was paranoid (thanks!) but he didn't look very hard (just at and around the bed), so I'm afraid it wasn't quite enough reassurance to dispel my paranoia. I bought some of the Climbup Insect Interceptors to try to catch any new bedbugs infestations. While I still haven't found any big, adult looking bedbugs, I DID yesterday find a couple of psocid-looking bugs in one of the Climbups. I trapped him in a folded piece of tape and looked at him under my magnifying glass. He looks like other psocids I've seen before (in my old apartment), but it looks like there is a dark spot in the middle of his belly. This made me wonder if maybe I was wrong and he was actually a bedbug nymph. I know trapped in a folded piece of tape isn't an entomologist's preferred way to look at an insect, but can I still take it to someone to get a second opinion? And where can I go in New York to see someone who REALLY knows the difference between the types of bugs and wont' misdiagnose me? Advice? Although I haven’t found any actual bedbugs, I’m still fearful because I’ve been having itchy skin and sometimes accompanying red splotches periodically for the past month since I moved into my new apartment. My landlord sent me an exterminator, who said I didn’t have bedbugs and joked that I was paranoid (thanks!) but he didn’t look very hard (just at and around the bed), so I’m afraid it wasn’t quite enough reassurance to dispel my paranoia. I bought some of the Climbup Insect Interceptors to try to catch any new bedbugs infestations. While I still haven’t found any big, adult looking bedbugs, I DID yesterday find a couple of psocid-looking bugs in one of the Climbups. I trapped him in a folded piece of tape and looked at him under my magnifying glass. He looks like other psocids I’ve seen before (in my old apartment), but it looks like there is a dark spot in the middle of his belly. This made me wonder if maybe I was wrong and he was actually a bedbug nymph. I know trapped in a folded piece of tape isn’t an entomologist’s preferred way to look at an insect, but can I still take it to someone to get a second opinion? And where can I go in New York to see someone who REALLY knows the difference between the types of bugs and wont’ misdiagnose me? Advice?

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/comment-page-1/#comment-17621 nobugsonme Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:52:36 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/#comment-17621 Hi Adrian, It does not sound like bed bugs to me. Only unfed bed bug nymphs are clear; when they feed, they turn red. It would be unusual to see only nymphs and for none of them to feed when they have had access to you. What I suggest is that you get some clear packing tape and when you see one, pick it up on the tape. You can even tape it down on an index card. If it is a human parasite that lives on you (like body lice), a doctor will be able to diagnose and treat it. If it is a pest (like some kind of mite), a pest pro will be able to get rid of it. Either way, you do not have to live with this problem. Hi Adrian,

It does not sound like bed bugs to me. Only unfed bed bug nymphs are
clear; when they feed, they turn red. It would be unusual to see only nymphs and for none of them to feed when they have had access to you.

What I suggest is that you get some clear packing tape and when you see one, pick it up on the tape. You can even tape it down on an index card.

If it is a human parasite that lives on you (like body lice), a doctor will be able to diagnose and treat it.

If it is a pest (like some kind of mite), a pest pro will be able to get rid of it.

Either way, you do not have to live with this problem.

]]> By: adrian http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/comment-page-1/#comment-17620 adrian Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:04:59 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/#comment-17620 omg please please help i was very itchy in my pubes area and when i scratched in my nails there was this tiny very small insect looking thing i went to the doctor i thought they were crabs he said they wernt now that i started payin attention to where i see this very small tiny clear things ive notice that i have them almost evrywhere ive notice them on my shoulder on my chin on my neck even on my face i dont know what it could be i dont get out a lot so i dont know where i could have gotten this i dont even know what it is and im the only one in my family that seems to have this im scared i dont want to tell my mom cause last time it was a big deal and it was not crabs i thought it was not crabs since i havent done it i cant afford to go to the doctor again so please please help me they look clear very very small and it looks like they have this tiny tiny anteneas in the front or the back i dont know its two tiny antenas in the front please help me omg please please help i was very itchy in my pubes area and when i scratched in my nails there was this tiny very small insect looking thing i went to the doctor i thought they were crabs he said they wernt now that i started payin attention to where i see this very small tiny clear things ive notice that i have them almost evrywhere ive notice them on my shoulder on my chin on my neck even on my face i dont know what it could be i dont get out a lot so i dont know where i could have gotten this i dont even know what it is and im the only one in my family that seems to have this im scared i dont want to tell my mom cause last time it was a big deal and it was not crabs i thought it was not crabs since i havent done it i cant afford to go to the doctor again so please please help me they look clear very very small and it looks like they have this tiny tiny anteneas in the front or the back i dont know its two tiny antenas in the front please help me

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/comment-page-1/#comment-15098 nobugsonme Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:12:39 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/#comment-15098 Hi nicole, I don't know where you live, but it is unlikely the law makes landlords pay to replace discarded furniture. Some landlords might help tenants with this, but I have not heard of anywhere where they had to. Most bed bug cases take multiple treatments, spaced about two weeks apart. You have to keep getting treatment until the bed bugs are completely gone. They need to treat ALL the apartments that have bed bugs, at the same time. And they need to keep coming back until the problem is gone. If you have more questions, please post them in our forums: http://bedbugger.com/forum/ You will get more responses there. Hi nicole,

I don’t know where you live, but it is unlikely the law makes landlords pay to replace discarded furniture. Some landlords might help tenants with this, but I have not heard of anywhere where they had to.

Most bed bug cases take multiple treatments, spaced about two weeks apart. You have to keep getting treatment until the bed bugs are completely gone. They need to treat ALL the apartments that have bed bugs, at the same time. And they need to keep coming back until the problem is gone.

If you have more questions, please post them in our forums: http://bedbugger.com/forum/

You will get more responses there.

]]> By: nicole http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/comment-page-1/#comment-15095 nicole Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:00:36 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/#comment-15095 Ive notice a bump here and there on my arm leg and toe and it made my husband and i icth so bad we didnt think anything but maybe it could me a mosquito until we sat down and thought about it and said its not weather for that right now then we started seeing these bugs that i never seen before then i was told that my neighbor had bed bugs so now we are bugging out i then went on ling hire an bed bug specilist to come to my home and after we still seeing then then we threw out our couches seen one or two but killed them so now its been almost two weeks havent seen anything yet and they sealed up all our cracks and holes in the apartment do u think they are still here and is outlandlord surpose to pay up back for our furtinure Ive notice a bump here and there on my arm leg and toe and it made my husband and i icth so bad we didnt think anything but maybe it could me a mosquito until we sat down and thought about it and said its not weather for that right now then we started seeing these bugs that i never seen before then i was told that my neighbor had bed bugs so now we are bugging out i then went on ling hire an bed bug specilist to come to my home and after we still seeing then then we threw out our couches seen one or two but killed them so now its been almost two weeks havent seen anything yet and they sealed up all our cracks and holes in the apartment do u think they are still here and is outlandlord surpose to pay up back for our furtinure

]]> By: Ugo http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/comment-page-1/#comment-14696 Ugo Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:38:42 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/#comment-14696 Hi folks, when collecting samples to give us a great place to keep them is a small prescription drug bottle. Please no tape! Hi folks,
when collecting samples to give us a great place to keep them is a small prescription drug bottle.
Please no tape!

]]> By: bill http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/comment-page-1/#comment-14612 bill Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:11:27 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/#comment-14612 The booklice that bite people have wings on the back and come from Mexico. These also have beaks. Bill The booklice that bite people have wings on the back and come from Mexico. These also have beaks. Bill

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/comment-page-1/#comment-12931 nobugsonme Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:07:10 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/#comment-12931 fedup1, If you live in a home that's attached to other homes (apartment, row house, etc.) then they may be coming from your neighbors, who will need a careful inspection and treatment if infested. If neighbors have bed bugs and remain untreated, it will be very difficult if not impossible for you to get rid of your problem. When a pest control pro is not able to get rid of bed bugs in 3 visits, it suggests either a) the PCO you used may not have a lot of experience treating bed bugs successfully, OR b) the neighbors may be infested and untreated or insufficiently treated, OR c) you are possibly being reinfested via some source, OR d) some combination of the above. There may be other explanations. It's important to follow your PCO's instructions carefully. Unfortunately, they are hard to treat. Your best bet is a pro. who has experience with bed bugs. If you rent, your landlord may be liable to pay. In any case, you may get more suggestions in our forums and I encourage you to post there: http://bedbugger.com/forum/ fedup1,

If you live in a home that’s attached to other homes (apartment, row house, etc.) then they may be coming from your neighbors, who will need a careful inspection and treatment if infested.

If neighbors have bed bugs and remain untreated, it will be very difficult if not impossible for you to get rid of your problem.

When a pest control pro is not able to get rid of bed bugs in 3 visits, it suggests either
a) the PCO you used may not have a lot of experience treating bed bugs successfully, OR
b) the neighbors may be infested and untreated or insufficiently treated, OR
c) you are possibly being reinfested via some source, OR
d) some combination of the above.
There may be other explanations. It’s important to follow your PCO’s instructions carefully.

Unfortunately, they are hard to treat. Your best bet is a pro. who has experience with bed bugs. If you rent, your landlord may be liable to pay.

In any case, you may get more suggestions in our forums and I encourage you to post there:
http://bedbugger.com/forum/

]]> By: fedup1 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/comment-page-1/#comment-12926 fedup1 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:45:14 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/04/booklice/#comment-12926 I just had an exterminator come into my apartment to treat bed bugs for three treaments. The bed bugs ruin my daughter's skin. Now them things are back in high gear. we do not have more money for the exterminator. MY TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER is getting BIT!!!! We need advice how do get this problem gone before the holidays before we have more guest come into our apartment. I just had an exterminator come into my apartment to treat bed bugs for three treaments. The bed bugs ruin my daughter’s skin. Now them things are back in high gear. we do not have more money for the exterminator. MY TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER is getting BIT!!!! We need advice how do get this problem gone before the holidays before we have more guest come into our apartment.

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