Carl Massicott and Vince Mangano, bed bug dog handlers of Radar and Taz, who are regularly called to sniff in the New York area, were featured in this Daily News article Monday.
According to the article, it’s hard to keep up with demand for the doggy detectives.
But here’s what caught my eye in the article:
Experts say […]

Click here for footage from WBTV News 3 shows Mr. K working with bed bug dog handler Mike Rogers, in North Carolina.
And can anyone tell us which outfit trained Mr. K?
The news story is imperfect otherwise, but wanted to share this because people are always looking for ways of detecting bed bugs.
(Thanks, insomnia, for the […]

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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 […]

This article by Leslie Earnest in the LA Times business section yesterday appears to be a companion to the bed bug article referred to in my last post.
It describes how the National Entomologiy Scent Detection Canine Association in North Carolina has begun certifying bed bug dogs that can detect live bed bugs or viable eggs. […]

Pest Control Technology Online reported last week that
FAIRFAX, VA.  The National Pest Management Association’s Pest Management Foundation recently awarded grants to the University of Florida’s Dr. Faith Oi to determine the effectiveness of canines as bed bug detectors and Clemson University’s Dr. Patricia Zungoli to study the giant needle ant, an invasive species that […]

The University of Florida News reports on tests being run by U of F researchers on bed bug dogs:
Nine-pound Nudie’s feet skitter across the concrete floor as she speeds by, keeping her tiny nose to the ground. She scurries around the perimeter of a bed, then hops on top.
“Find your B’s, find your B’s,” handler […]