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The Washington Post says to ignore the bed bug media hype »

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 […]

Gaston County, N.C. health officials to hotel: bed bugs not a serious violation »

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 […]

NotSoSnug: killing bed bugs one by one »

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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Bonnie Friedman’s NYTimes Op Ed on Bed Bugs »

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 […]