Category: how to detect bed bugs
By nobugsonme on Feb 18, 2008 in Bed Bug Dogs, FAQs, LED lights, bed bug detection, bed bug dog detection, bed bug samples, bed bug traps, bed bugs, bedbugs, catching bed bugs, glue traps, hand warmers, handwarmers, how to catch a bed bug, how to detect bed bugs, k9, pooters, red LED flashlight, red light, traps | 13 Comments
Note to readers: this is a draft FAQ. Please add suggested additions, corrections, or other ideas in the comments below.
One of the biggest frustrations with bed bugs is that it is hard to know if you have them. You can be bitten quite badly for a long time before ever finding a […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 16, 2008 in apartment building, bed bug notice, bed bugs, bed bugs and tenants, bedbugs, detecting bed bugs, east village, furniture, how to avoid bed bugs, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, manhattan, mattresses, new york, nyc, used mattresses and bed bugs | 1 Comment
A bed bug notice found in a building lobby in Manhattan, by our stealthy photo contributor, iPhone Interloper.
Good:
Building management admitting problem publicly, posting notice.
Notice asking for bed bug reports.
Notice reminding tenants secondhand mattresses are a no-no.
Notice is building-wide even though only one unit has apparently identified a bed bug problem.
Even guests can see the note. […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 13, 2008 in 311, SRO, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, bloomberg, boarding house, department of health, health officer, heidi peek, housing and preservation department, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, hpd, kill bed bugs, nashua, nelson ortega, new hampshire, nh, nyc, nyc hpd, rooming house | 1 Comment
I am delighted to report this news item from Patrick Meighan of the Nashua Telegraph in Nashua, New Hampshire. It’s a story about how Nashua city Health Officer Nelson Ortega and Deputy Health Officer Heidi Peek spent 4 and a half hours inspecting all 117 rooms in a rooming house in Nashua, and found […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 7, 2008 in bed bugs, bedbugs, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, lack of evidence, questions about bed bugs | 12 Comments
“In the Dark” writes,
I hope you don’t mind me asking for some advice here…after spending some time on the bedbugger site. I don’t know yet if I have bedbugs and have not seen any in my apartment on the upper westside, but have discovered bites on my upper body five times now in […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 29, 2008 in Elise Shin, Henny Calle, NYCHPD, New York bed bug seminars, bed bug seminars, bed bugs, bedbugs, housing and preservation department, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, hpd, new york, nyc, washington heights | 13 Comments
The first of three bed bug seminars planned by the city of New York happened last night. NBC Channel 4 did a brief recap on the 11 o’clock news, but video is not available from wnbc.com as of this writing.
Bedbugger was not on the scene, unfortunately, but we did get some eyewitness reports.
Our source […]
By Winston O. Buggy on Jan 21, 2008 in 2008 Purdue Pest Management Conference, Bed Bug Dogs, bed bug mattress encasements, bed bug research, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, detecting bed bugs, highlights of bed bug convention, how to avoid bed bugs, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs | 4 Comments
This set of notes from the recent Purdue Pest Management Conference is from our bed bug professional-incognito, “Winston O. Buggy.” Thanks, Winston!
Following are some important tidbits covered at the conference submitted for your information and action agendas.
More work is being done on field strains of bed bugs, as opposed to much early work […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 20, 2008 in Bed Bug Dogs, bed bug inspection, bed bugs, bed bugs and real estate, bedbugs, brokers, buying a home, how to avoid bed bugs, how to detect bed bugs, lawyers, legal, legal issues, new york city, new york state, property condition disclosure act, real estate | 1 Comment
This Q&A in the New York Times Real Estate section brings up an interesting question.
A couple selling a New York City apartment had bed bugs six months ago. They have not noticed any problem since. So the question is, do they need to disclose that the property they’re selling had bed bugs recently?
Jay […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 19, 2008 in 311 and bed bugs, Lexington, Luiz Aragon, New York Press, New York bed bug seminars, New York's response to bed bugs, Robert Jackson, Times Ledger, bed bug violations, bed bugs, bed bugs in new york, british columbia, cinncinnati, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, hpd, kentucky, new york, new york city, new york city council, nyc, ohio, ontario, toronto, vancouver | 7 Comments
The press release for the New York HPD bed bug seminars is here. It includes dates and times, addresses, and a phone number for more information. Seminars will be in English and Spanish. Please do call the number listed below to reserve a spot.
The first seminar is scheduled to take place on […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 16, 2007 in Scotsman, awareness, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bedbugs, edinburgh, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, scotland, signs and symptoms of bed bugs, spread, spread of bed bugs, uk | 0 Comments
From Musselburgh to Murrayfield, Leith to Morningside, Edinbugh is bed-bugging, accoding to this new article from the Scotsman.
The article is a pretty standard “bed bugs are spreading in our area” story. However, the section entitled “The Facts” gives a hint of how far the news media has come as far as understanding bed bugs. […]
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