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Curbed “outs” bedbugged condo development; gossip blogs, bed bugs, and denial »

Curbed.com, the real estate blog, claims that 30 Lincoln Plaza, currently being redeveloped into pricey condominiums (Curbed mentions a price of $1,185,000 for 647 sq/ft one bedrooms), is infested with bed bugs:
UPPER WEST SIDE—It seems there is a little detail about the condo conversion at 30 Lincoln Plaza that may have been overlooked: “You failed […]

NYC office of Very Important International Law Firm has bed bugs »

Legal blog Above the Law has reproduced a memo from the Chairman of a well-known law firm announcing to employees that there is a bed bug problem on the 33rd floor in the Word Processing dept. of that firm. (MediaBistro’s FlishBowlNY blog is also covering this, so the leaked memo is getting around.)
In it, […]

Stirring up anti-immigrant sentiment in Charlotte: let’s start the blame game »

Okay, I think everyone here agrees that there were multiple causes for the rise of bed bugs after their 50-year disappearance in the US: the end of routine baseboard spraying which was done until the early 1990’s and fell out of favor with the invention of effective roach baits, the outlawing of DDT as […]

FAQ: Is there an insect that will eat bed bugs? »

This is a less-frequently asked question than some, but it comes up surprisingly often. Today someone googled into the site via the query “what eats bed bugs?”
Put it out of your head! Um, yes, some insects will eat bed bugs, but it really isn’t a good treatment plan.

House centipedes have been […]

Good news: bed bug aggregate pheromones »

A pest control professional confirmed for us today the reports Parakeets heard about bed bug aggregate pheromones being developed.
We’re told that within 2-3 months, assuming the red tape is cut swiftly enough, glue traps should be available for sale which use a bed bug pheromone to attract bed bugs to aggregate there.
This is very exciting: […]

oh dear: Overheard in NY on a bed bug party »

Overheard in NY on bed bugs: this is a site that records conversations overheard in public (via Caryn’s comments).
Add it to this one from December.

Bedbug balderdash »

I found this website,  a supposed health information website recommending that if you have bedbugs it is good to leave your windows open
… because of the sunlight that will help eradicate the bugs.
Regarding your bed,
Never redo your bed right away. Leave it totally undone as long as possible. Bed bugs will asphyxiate.
Where is this […]

Brent Herbert’s plans for bed bug world domination! »

I started to respond in a comment to Bugzinthehood’s article below, about Brent Herbert’s ideas about Bedbugs evolving into trash-eaters, and as it became longer than the original post, I decided I’d better move it here. I have to say, Brent Herbert is off on these other issues, and I am getting a […]

don’t think you can fight bed bugs without pesticides »

I am as wary of pesticides as the next person. I am sensitive to them, and a recent neck-to-toe 12-hour application of Elimite (permethrin) for the treatment of what my doctor thought was scabies (it was bed bugs), made me ill.
But I am even more worried that some people think they can avoid “chemicals” […]

Rumors of bed bugs »

So Claudia’s blog reports:
We are reliably informed that the Fox News tower in midtown Manhattan has bedbugs. Dangerman reports that they originated on the VIP couch. . .
Is Claudia teasing us? Don’t believe everything you read, folks, but if they do have bed bugs in the VIP couch at Fox News, then I’m […]