The Benefits of Bedbugs

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bed bugs hiding

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Lou Sorkin says of his photo:
“Flat rubber molding pulled back to reveal bed bugs hiding. Notice that bugs are at top of molding in corner where there is no adhesive.”

Housing and Preservation Department Educator Edward Brownbear told those in attendance at the Greenpoint HPD Bed Bug Seminar on Tuesday night that bed bugs had been found on benches at a number of different subway stations.
Miss Heather and Renee of New York vs. Bed bugs both blogged about that terrifying (but as to be expected) […]

Playbill reports that a play entitled Bedbugs! has been selected for the Next Link Project:

The fifth-annual New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced the 12 musicals selected for its Next Link Project.
The three-week festival – running Sept. 15–Oct. 5 – features musicals from around the world, culled from invitations and an open-submission process.
The works accepted […]

The Greenpoint HPD Bed Bug Seminar was last night.
I was not able to be there, but Miss Heather has an excellent recap on the evening.
New York vs Bed Bugs members were there spreading word on how to get some change on the bed bug issue in NYC.
The presenter was Ed Brownbear, the only […]

This bed bug story from KHON2 (Fox) in Honolulu interested me.

First, it’s a cautionary tale about how easily bed bugs spread: this woman says she spent one hour at an event held in a hotel lounge and then unwittingly took bed bugs home:
Yumi Suh says she and several friends spent just over an hour at […]

Ahhhh, the 70s.
A time when so few children in North America encountered real bed bugs that this game was not considered creepy.

I especially like that the hopping bed bugs bounce the gentleman’s bed right out of the room.
I remain amazed that this show remains so beloved.

Miss Heather of NewYorkShitty.com knows that the war on bed bugs needs a little Bill Murray, Caddyshack-style.
She also reminds us there’s a bed bug seminar coming up in Greenpoint next Tuesday.

The Hamilton Spectator reports on the spread of bed bugs in that Ontario city.
The story focuses on Lisa Courtney’s bed bug battle:
Courtney tossed out her bed, mattress and linens. CityHousing, Hamilton’s social housing agency, had her Cumberland Avenue apartment treated and life returned to normal.
But now, the bedbugs are back. Courtney’s anxiety has shot up […]

This from the Vermont Cynic, the University of Vermont’s student paper, which claims bed bugs are in UVM’s Living/Learning’s B-Building, in German House (”bed bug” is die Wanze to our Deutsch-speaking friends).
Students in a suite of Living/Learning’s B-building were displaced last week after it was discovered that one of the inhabitants had been bitten by […]

A Toronto man is suing a Winnipeg Howard Johnson’s motel, claiming he was bitten by bed bugs there.

CJOB in Manitoba reports,
A Toronto man has filed a civil suit against the Howard Johnson Hotel on Ellice Avenue alleging he caught a case of the bed bugs while rooming at the establishment.
Steven Lipson claims after a one-night […]

Every spring, Time Out New York does an issue on the apartment rental market. The 2008 issue, out this week, features a story where an interior decorator, plumber, and pest control operator go into prospective rental units and inspect them. The “exterminator” (Samuel Soto of First Rate Exterminators) is looking for roaches, rats, […]