Got bed bugs? Bedbugger.com » dr. lou sorkin http://bedbugger.com bed bug news, information, activism, and support Thu, 15 May 2008 15:09:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Travel reporter gets bed bugs after hundreds of hotel stays http://bedbugger.com/2007/11/21/travel-reporter-gets-bed-bugs-after-hundreds-of-hotel-stays/ http://bedbugger.com/2007/11/21/travel-reporter-gets-bed-bugs-after-hundreds-of-hotel-stays/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:23:40 +0000 nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/11/21/travel-reporter-gets-bed-bugs-after-hundreds-of-hotel-stays/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Travel reporter gets bed bugs after hundreds of hotel stays", url: "http://bedbugger.com/2007/11/21/travel-reporter-gets-bed-bugs-after-hundreds-of-hotel-stays/" });]]> After traveling to 71 countries and staying in hundreds of hotels, NY1 journalist Valerie D’Elia encountered bed bugs in a hotel. Luckily, she did not appear to take them home with her.

Here she tells the story, and asks a few questions of attorney Steven De Castro (who’s been involved with bed bug lawsuits) and local entomologist/ Bedbugger hero Lou Sorkin. She talks about the signs and symptoms of bed bugs, but not really any suggestions about what to do to avoid taking them home.

If you recall, in September 2006, NY1 covered the city council hearing in New York (on bed bugs and the reselling of mattresses). They illustrated the opening with a nice, big photo of a dust mite. The segment below occurred within six months of that incident (I don’t know exactly when, but it was uploaded to YouTube in February). Suffice it to say, they’ve come a long way in those six months.


(I am not sure how we missed this when it aired, but it’s new to us, and maybe to you too!)

If the embedded video won’t work for you, click here.

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]]> http://bedbugger.com/2007/11/21/travel-reporter-gets-bed-bugs-after-hundreds-of-hotel-stays/feed/ photos of bed bugs depicting various instars in colony; (only partially loads full image) and closeups of first instars http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/10/photos-of-bed-bugs-depicting-various-instars-in-colony-only-partially-loads-full-image-and-closeups-of-first-instars/ http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/10/photos-of-bed-bugs-depicting-various-instars-in-colony-only-partially-loads-full-image-and-closeups-of-first-instars/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:25:17 +0000 loubugs http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/10/photos-of-bed-bugs-depicting-various-instars-in-colony-only-partially-loads-full-image-and-closeups-of-first-instars/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "photos of bed bugs depicting various instars in colony; (only partially loads full image) and closeups of first instars", url: "http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/10/photos-of-bed-bugs-depicting-various-instars-in-colony-only-partially-loads-full-image-and-closeups-of-first-instars/" });]]> pict0026.JPGcimex-n1-on-finger.jpgempty 1st instar bed bugrear view of nymphfeeding, first pictureFeeding 1st instargetting fullfrontal viewquite full nowI’ve uploaded some photos of bed bug feeding. Remember the first instars are only 1 millimeter long so every part of body won’t be in focus at the same time during photo session. The series includes empty nymph to full one with different views and a rear view. Proboscis and stylets separate and shows labium bends backward out of way as stylets enter skin. Only seen in 2 frontal view shots of the series. Finger and bug demonstrate relative size of bug, now clearly visible, because it has just eaten (by L. Sorkin). Other images taken with a Microptics setup at Division of Invertebrates, AMNH, by L. Sorkin & R. Mercurio.

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