We have long had a success stories page. And though readers often forget to write and tell us of their success, when they do, I’ve been pasting the stories in there.
Some, however, are longer and more detailed than can fit into the page. So I have decided, from here on in, to give […]

A reader in Qatar writes,
Hello,
I’ve just found your website doing research on my own problem. I live
in Doha, Qatar (Middle East) and have been suffering through what I am
convinced […]

This list from techletter.com, a Pest Control industry website, shows all the products labeled for us against bed bugs in the USA. It helpfully classifies those labeled for spraying on mattresses, and those not labeled for mattresses.
It’s now in the sidebar under Bed Bug Information (and then under “Pesticides Labeled…”) so you […]

PCTOnline has an interesting article on the bed bug seminar it held in NYC last week. We previously posted about Sarah Ferguson’s take. But this article gives you the PCO’s angle, and more detail. For example, the warning from Dr. Michael Potter resounds even louder (and scarier) with more detail:
“If there is […]

This is just horrible. The Arab News reporrts that in Jeddah, two sisters died tragically and a third is hospitalized after their father used an industrial insecticide not meant for home use, in an attempt to kill bed bugs in their home.

An article in the New York Times today suggests we give some thought to the words of I. L. Baldwin, a man who suggested Rachel Carson was a bit too hard on pesticides.
Ms. Carson presented DDT as a dangerous human carcinogen, but Dr. Baldwin said the question was open and noted that most […]

Editor’s note: this is part two in what will be a three- (or more) part series by a well-known bed bug professional, writing under the pseudonym,
Winston O. Buggy. Thanks again, Winston!
On sale here!
Dr. Winston O. Buggy’s bed bug elixir.
This material will kill em, kill the eggs, shine your multi-colored hobnail boots, and it […]

Hopelessnomo was kind enough to pass along this article from Pest Control Technology online, which highlights the successful fumigation of a “highly infested” apartment building in Northern New Jersey. The article gives some insight into Vikane fumigation procedures:
The team of professional technicians spent approximately 12 hours sealing the building. Then the area was […]

This is a FAQ on diatomceous earth (DE).
Wikipedia tells us:
Diatomaceous earth, also known as DE, diatomite, diahydro, kieselguhr, kieselgur and Celite) is a naturally occurring, soft, chalk-like sedimentary rock that is easily crumbled into a fine white to off-white powder. This powder has an abrasive feel, similar to pumice powder, and is very light, due […]

Richard Cooper on Leonard Lopate again (download mp3 or listen to streaming audio here). Last year at around the same time, Leonard Lopate did a bed bug show (which is a must-listen, perhaps even a bit more interesting than this one in some respects: click here for the 2006 edition).
Highlights in today’s […]

Hi all,
An anonymous entomologist and PCO who reads the blog has clarified for me the issues around Gentrol (an Insect Growth Regulator commonly used against bed bugs, by PCOs: IGRs are supposed to halt growth, which should cut off reproduction). We have heard before that Gentrol isn’t
But my source tells me this:
In recent […]

I’ve heard reports from various areas that haven’t seen many cases of bed bugs yet that Pest Control Operators often don’t know how to deal with them. We’ve heard this from readers near Yellowstone Park, and in Yorkshire, England. It makes sense of course, but the reasonable response is to do your homework. […]