There is a segment planned for NBC’s Today Show tomorrow about bed bugs.
I am sure it is a coincidence that I criticized Meredith Viera’s recent recommendation on the Today show that viewers recycle used mattresses via Craigslist and Freecycle. But I am glad they’re doing it, all the same.
Update 11/20:
University of California at Berkeley […]

close up of bed bugs on mattress

Originally uploaded by louento.pix

There is an adult bed bug on the right and a pale one on the left. Different instars between them plus eggs and fecal drops.
photo: L.Sorkin
To zoom, click photo, then “All Sizes,” then “Large.”

close up bed bug with eggs

Originally uploaded by louento.pix

Close up of single female bug on mattress. She is upside down and eggs are below her head and elsewhere.
photo: L.Sorkin
To see even more close up: click photo, then “all sizes” then “large.”

closeup of female bed bug with eggs

Originally uploaded by louento.pix

Female from below piping and sitting over eggs. Zoom in on bug and see eggs, many of which are full, some empty. Fecal drops also visible. photo: L.Sorkin
(Click photo, click “all sizes”, then “large” to zoom […]

side of mattress with bed bugs

Originally uploaded by louento.pix

Female with eggs under piping (near top edge, left). Many bed bugs near right side in middle area between top and bottom of mattress.
(Click photo, click “all sizes”, then “large” to zoom in!)

I just compiled a new page, to pull together a lot of the best photos we have blogged in the past, of bed bugs, fed and unfed nymphs, eggs, cast skins, and feces. I wanted this to be easily accessible to our newcomers (”newbites”). But I hope everyone will have a look and […]

close up of lounge chair staples

Originally uploaded by louento.pix

Click the photo to get all sizes of the photo, and then select “large” for the best view.
This one shows a lounge chair–do you see the staples–the same ones from the previous entry? You can […]

lounge chair fabric

Originally uploaded by louento.pix

Detail of the same lounge chair.
Thanks to Lou Sorkin for the amazing bed bug photos!

Seriously, I know my saying so makes you want to, but this is especially disturbing, because it is so very matter of fact. None of the horror movie music or cartoons of fantastic bed bugs. Just plain, simple, run of the mill infestation. And bed bugs. Lots of them.
All. Over. A. […]

Bed bugs in a group

Originally uploaded by louento.pix.

Click on photo, then “All sizes,” then “Large” for the full glory of bed bugs, eggs (full and hatched) and feces. Thanks Lou!

Bed bugs on tape

Originally uploaded by louento.pix.

A wonderful photo from Lou. Click the photo then choose “All sizes” and then “Large.” You should then be able to see eggs, feces, and bed bugs, all stuck to the tape.