Category: entomologists
By nobugsonme on Apr 3, 2008 in bed bug colonies, bed bug lifespan, bed bug monitoring trap, bed bug research, bed bug traps, bed bugs, bedbugs, dr. harold harlan, dr. stephen kells, entomologists, feeding bed bugs, propane, red cross | 3 Comments
Richard Shin reports for The Pioneer Press on research being done by Stephen Kells on bed bugs at the University of Minnesota.
Kells is at least one of the entomologists working on making an effective bed bug trap.
Alas, “we’re quite a distance off” from a monitoring trap, Kells said.
Eventually, it will be a wonderful invention.
It was […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 20, 2008 in Oz, australia, bed bug code of practice, bed bugs, bedbugs, dr. stephen l. doggett, entomologists, epidemic, extreme infestations, pandemic | 0 Comments
The Age had an article on bed bugs on Sunday, “Bed Bug Infestations on the Increase,” citing Sydney entomologist Stephen Doggett’s data on the spread of bed bugs there:
. . . a survey of 121 pest managers undertaken last year by Sydney entomologist Stephen Doggett found that, across Australia, bedbug infestations had risen by a […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 11, 2008 in Cain Pest Control, DDT and bed bugs, Orkin, Poulin's Pest Control, avoid bed bugs, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bed bugs in the media, bedbugs, canada, dr. michael potter, entomologists, get rid of bed bugs, hotels and bed bugs, john intini, maclean's, media, news, no silver bullet, pest control, purity pest control | 4 Comments
Canadian news weekly Maclean’s has a story on bed bugs dated January 3, 2008 by John Intini.
The article conveys the scope of the problem and the speed at which it seems to be spreading:
To get a full sense of the bedbug boom, ask any pest control expert. [Carlo] Panacci, for one, used to have a […]
By nobugsonme on Dec 8, 2007 in bed bugs, bird bugs, c. dayton steelman, chicken breeding, chickens, entomologists, james austin, live poultry, poultry | 7 Comments
A new article picked up by the Associated Press offers more information on the chicken industry-bed bug connection being researched by scientists at the University of Arkansas–Fayetteville and Texas A&M University.
Scientists say bedbugs bed down in chicken breeder houses | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Arkansas entomology professor C. Dayton Steelman, who collects laboratory samples, says […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 21, 2007 in bed bug lawsuit, bed bug precautions, bed bug travel, bed bugs, bedbugs, dr. lou sorkin, dust mites, entomologists, hotels, hotels and bed bugs, how to avoid bed bugs, journalist, journalists, journalists with bed bugs, law, lawyer, legal, ny1, steven de castro, travel, valerie d'elia | 2 Comments
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 […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 13, 2007 in activism, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, bombs, craigslist, curbside, dr. louis sorkin, education, entomologists, furniture, get rid of bed bugs, good ideas, government, government response to bed bugs, greenpoint, health, health department, history, how to get rid of bed bugs, media, multi-unit buildings, new york, new york magazine, news, nyc, pest control, prevention, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, public education, public health, secondhand, signs and symptoms, treatment, usa, used furniture | 6 Comments
New York Magazine has a new bed bug story dated November 12th (print edition of 11/19), by Melissa Kirsch.
It contains lots of solid advice about not picking up curbside furniture, being wary of Craigslist finds, and searching for fecal spots and blood stains. But it also contains some advice we don’t normally […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 12, 2007 in Cincinnati City Council, Cincinnati Health Department, Cincinnati town hall meeting, Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency, Council On Aging for Southwestern Ohio, Susan C. Jones, awareness, bad ideas, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, cincinnati, dealing with bed bugs, dr. susan jones, education, entomologists, good ideas, government, government response to bed bugs, health, health department, how to get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, misinformation, ohio, professional advice, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, public education, public health, tips, treatment, usa | 0 Comments
It’s a week later, but I did want to comment on the media’s follow-up from last week’s Town Hall Meeting in Cincinnati, about the bed bug problem.
WCPO.com’s Lynn Groud reported on the event last Monday. Hundreds of bed bug sufferers turned out. One speaker said:
“For many older adults, they are a 24-hour a day […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 8, 2007 in Donna Freydkin, Greenpointers, USA Today, activism, awareness, bed bug bites, bed bug epidemic, bed bug garbage, bed bug hotels, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, dr. michael potter, dr. michael raupp, dr. stephen kells, dumpster diving, entomologists, get rid of bed bugs, good ideas, greenpoint, hotels, hotels and bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, journalist, journalists with bed bugs, new york, news, nyc, spread, stories, tossing stuff out, travel and bed bugs, treatment, usa | 12 Comments
There is so much bed bug news now, that blogging even half of the major articles that come across my web browser is too much. I offer a selection, as well as an interesting tidbit from a NYC blogger. More news forthcoming, including an update on Cincinnati, and some exciting developments in San […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 29, 2007 in Charlotte, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, consumer, delivery trucks, dr. michael waldvogel, entomologists, furniture, mattresses, north carolina, notification, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, tools and weapons, training, treatment, usa | 0 Comments
This article about bed bugs in North Carolina comes from South Carolina’s The State (republished from the Raleigh, NC News and Observer).
“There’s a lot of folks who don’t bother to call us. They’re embarrassed. The social connotation goes back to the early 1900s; they were associated with slummy places. And that’s not the case now,” […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 26, 2007 in "bites", bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, cambridge, colleges, columbia, diagnosis, dorms, dr. michael alpert, entomologists, harvard, itchy, ivy league, massachusetts, mites, mosquitoes, mystery, new york, nyc, rashes, scabies, usa | 6 Comments
Ivy League gossip blog the IvyGate explained this week that the supposed scabies outbreak that forced everyone in the Pennypacker Harvard freshman dorm to be treated for scabies with a full-body pyrethrin cream application (not to mention making them all undergo the extensive laundering and calling-of-romantic-partners that condition requires), is now thought not to have […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 6, 2007 in Lou Sorkin, bed bugs, bedbugs, entomologists, videos of bed bugs | 9 Comments
Video of Lou Sorkin’s bed bugs, in full motion and technicolor.
Warning: This is not for the feint of heart or those with a current, active infestation.
Lou says,
I had just finished feeding the colony, but not all got to eat and are now busy moving about looking for me. You can see that are many […]
By nobugsonme on Sep 21, 2007 in African bat bugs, Afrocimex constrictus, Ebola, bed bugs, bedbugs, entomologists, health, kill them now we're doomed | 7 Comments
An item in FoxNews.com’s Science section today (yes, Virginia, there is a Fox Science section) explores the bed bug’s African cousin, the African bat bug (Afrocimex constrictus), “a close relative” of the bed bug.
The article describes research at the University of Sheffield (England), where Klaus Reinhardt and colleagues are studying the creatures.
Reinhardt and […]
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