By nobugsonme on Feb 26, 2008 in NYCHPD, Richard Cooper, bed bug stories, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs in the media, bedbugs, david segal, delusional parasitosis, epidemic, hotel, journalists with bed bugs, panic, pillow, plague, stress, the matchbox sign | 22 Comments
Three articles on bed bugs appeared today in the Washington Post. One gives a first-person account of what was apparently a not-so-serious bed bug case, and the second shrugs away the problem as a bunch of media hype.
“Yes, Tiny, Evil–and in My Bed” is the first, and provides yet another first-person account from […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 15, 2008 in NC, bed bug stories, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, consumers and bed bugs, eliminate bed bugs, gaston county, gaston county health officials, gastonia, get rid of bed bugs, hotels with bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, kill bed bugs, north carolina | 0 Comments
This story from Eyewitness News in Gastonia, North Carolina is about a woman named Patricia Starling who lived in a Super 8 motel with her two sons after they lost their home in a fire.
Starling said she went back the motel, captured some of the bugs and gave some to Gaston County health officials. Specialist […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 25, 2007 in bed bug collection, bed bug elimination, bed bug hunting, bed bug stories, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, catching bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, murphy bed, pest control, red light, tales of bed bug woe | 5 Comments
A newbite named NotSoSnug has gotten our attention in the forums with his unique approach to his bed bug situation.
This is NotSoSnug’s comparison of a nymph and adult bed bug (perhaps one of our entomologist friends could confirm the life stage of the nymph for us?)
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By nobugsonme on Feb 5, 2007 in Tipping Point, activism, bed bug epidemic, bed bug stories, bed bugs, bedbugs, bonnie friedman, celebrities, get rid of bed bugs, new york, nyc, prevent bed bugs, travel and bed bugs, usa | 3 Comments
The Bonnie Friedman article is here. And here’s an excerpt:
The exterminator, when he arrived, had just come from East 81st Street. “From East 57th Street and up it’s plagued by bedbugs,” he said. “And they’re all over the Upper West Side, too. People expect them in another neighborhood. But it’s not about hygiene. It’s about […]
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