Comments on: Bed bugs in Detroit and Troy, Michigan http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Sat, 17 May 2008 00:36:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8834 nobugsonme Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:46:06 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8834 Dan, no one doubts that people do carry bed bugs from place to place (city to city, country to country). But why did they flare up increasingly after around 1999? They were apparently here all that time, so something changed. Sheperdigian claims his research says we traveled more in the 80s and 90s than we do now. IF that's true, then it leads one to question why the incidence of bed bugs seems to have blossomed increasingly after 1999. Travel alone does not explain it. And I think the same can be said for immigration, since people immigrated here consistently throughout the period of the 1970s-now. I could be wrong, but I don't think the numbers of immigrants increased that markedly after 1999. But I will leave those numbers for someone else to chase down. Dan, no one doubts that people do carry bed bugs from place to place (city to city, country to country).

But why did they flare up increasingly after around 1999? They were apparently here all that time, so something changed.

Sheperdigian claims his research says we traveled more in the 80s and 90s than we do now.

IF that’s true, then it leads one to question why the incidence of bed bugs seems to have blossomed increasingly after 1999. Travel alone does not explain it.

And I think the same can be said for immigration, since people immigrated here consistently throughout the period of the 1970s-now. I could be wrong, but I don’t think the numbers of immigrants increased that markedly after 1999. But I will leave those numbers for someone else to chase down.

]]> By: bugbasher http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8833 bugbasher Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:30:42 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8833 Yes,but this is more than survival,this is an explosion in population.Let's not forget ,they are exploding everywhere,not just here.Something has changed for them to proliferate like this.Maybe it's the recall of all the pesticides,maybe something else relating to a natural predator decline or something from the atmosphere ie pollution,but it's obviously much more than travel.I'm even willing to contemplate it's something biblical,almost,lol. Yes,but this is more than survival,this is an explosion in population.Let’s not forget ,they are exploding everywhere,not just here.Something has changed for them to proliferate like this.Maybe it’s the recall of all the pesticides,maybe something else relating to a natural predator decline or something from the atmosphere ie pollution,but it’s obviously much more than travel.I’m even willing to contemplate it’s something biblical,almost,lol.

]]> By: paulaw0919 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8832 paulaw0919 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:57:18 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8832 Yes, I believe some of the come back on bed bugs is due to travel, but I also believe they were never truly rid in in the US. Nature finds a way to survive, no matter what the species. Obviously Sheperdigian hasn't been blind sided infested with these critters. I hope to have the same comical charismatic attitude someday. It's good to know that that he is looking for answers as well though. Oh, buy the way...any of you bedbuggers want to unleash a truck load of cockroaches to keep your bed bugs at bay?!?! Yes, I believe some of the come back on bed bugs is due to travel, but I also believe they were never truly rid in in the US. Nature finds a way to survive, no matter what the species. Obviously Sheperdigian hasn’t been blind sided infested with these critters. I hope to have the same comical charismatic attitude someday. It’s good to know that that he is looking for answers as well though. Oh, buy the way…any of you bedbuggers want to unleash a truck load of cockroaches to keep your bed bugs at bay?!?!

]]> By: lieutenantdan http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8830 lieutenantdan Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:52:33 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8830 To me it is just common sense to understand a great possibility exists that people traveling to and from countries that have little or no pest control have a great chance of bringing bed bugs back to a country such as the U.S. We have seen a perfect example, an insect called the Asian Longhorn Beetle. The reason that it is called an ASIAN beetle is because the beetle is native to China and Korea and it is believed spread to North America through packaging and now because traveling to far away places has become so easy and doing business with places like China etc... is so common we have the possibilities that insects and disease will spread with more ease than ever before. Now if we can get over the fact that some people are extremely sensitive to the immigration issue and become defensive when it is discussed than we can see how easily insects and disease can spread from one location to another. This just makes perfect sense to me. To me it is just common sense to understand a great possibility exists that people traveling to and from countries that have little or no pest control have a great chance of bringing bed bugs back to a country such as the U.S. We have seen a perfect example, an insect called the Asian Longhorn Beetle. The reason that it is called an ASIAN beetle is because the beetle is native to China and Korea and it is believed spread to North America through packaging and now because traveling to far away places has become so easy and doing business with places like China etc… is so common we have the possibilities that insects and disease will spread with more ease than ever before. Now if we can get over the fact that some people are extremely sensitive to the immigration issue and become defensive when it is discussed than we can see how easily insects and disease can spread from one location to another. This just makes perfect sense to me.

]]> By: hopelessnomo http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8828 hopelessnomo Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:15:15 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8828 Frank Meek of Orkin is also on the record as discounting the international travel theory of the resurgence, which, let's be honest, in many (though not all) cases is just a euphemism for "the immigrants done it." The thing that distresses me no end is when this theory is presented as fact. There is no study; there is no evidence. Broken record on this one but this single bedbug issue gives me the creeps more than bedbugs themselves! Frank Meek of Orkin is also on the record as discounting the international travel theory of the resurgence, which, let’s be honest, in many (though not all) cases is just a euphemism for “the immigrants done it.”

The thing that distresses me no end is when this theory is presented as fact. There is no study; there is no evidence. Broken record on this one but this single bedbug issue gives me the creeps more than bedbugs themselves!

]]> By: bugbasher http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8826 bugbasher Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:15:28 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/03/31/bed-bugs-in-detroit-and-troy-michigan/#comment-8826 I find it interesting that he thinks the bugs resurgence id due to something more complex than travel.I have thought so for a long tome,when this happens in nature it means something has drastically changed.What that something is is not obvious to us yet.Everything in nature affects us so I hope someone somewhere is looking into it.This phenomemnon is just as important as the bee colonies that are getting infected with some kind of parasite(I think I read it's a parasite) and dropping dead like crazy.These are not good signs as they signify a distinct change,both for the worse,and more importantly an imbalance in the enviroment somewhere. I find it interesting that he thinks the bugs resurgence id due to something more complex than travel.I have thought so for a long tome,when this happens in nature it means something has drastically changed.What that something is is not obvious to us yet.Everything in nature affects us so I hope someone somewhere is looking into it.This phenomemnon is just as important as the bee colonies that are getting infected with some kind of parasite(I think I read it’s a parasite) and dropping dead like crazy.These are not good signs as they signify a distinct change,both for the worse,and more importantly an imbalance in the enviroment somewhere.

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