One more ICUP paper
Somehow I missed Clive Boase’s paper at the International Conference of Urban Pests (ICUP) Budapest: Bed Bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae): An Evidence-based Analysis of the Current Situation (PDF).
Month: May 2009
Across the hall
We don’t get very many good descriptions or sustained discussion, much less diagrams, of the spread of bed bugs within buildings. Here are two discussions and, in one of the papers, a diagram, a diagram you could make a flip … Continue reading
EPA webinar presentations posted
Yes, there are audio problems, but they’re up and you should take a look, especially as there are a couple of presentations that are not posted on the docket.
The new Butterfield bill
Jessica has an early post about the reintroduced Butterfield bill. The text of the bill is now online.
DDT resistance in Belo Horizonte, 1985-1986
A DDT study that isn’t 50 years old: Susceptibility levels for the adult bed-bug, Cimex lectularius, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais – Brazil, to DDT, were determined during the period 1985 to 1986. The test results showed that a 4% … Continue reading
Symposium envy
So I found a couple of places that have recently organized bed bug public meetings. I’m sure it’s not even close to a complete list.
The Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force: an interview with Paul Wenning
Paul Wenning on the challenges and issues faced by the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force (COBBTF) in controlling the spread of bed bugs in Columbus and Franklin County. Continue reading
David Cain on Pestex, bed bug monitors, liquid nitrogen and other tricky subjects
A podcast with David Cain of Bed Bugs Limited (UK) on the new bbalert active and passive bed bug monitors, liquid nitrogen and other bed bug technologies, plus the politics and challenges of bed bugs. Continue reading