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 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!

blood smears on pillow

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Lou Sorkin’s photo of blood smears on a pillow. Click to enlarge.