“Crisis”
EPA will give an update on the National Bed Bug Summit today at NPMA’s PestWorld in Las Vegas. Lois Rossi and Kevin Sweeney will: discuss steps the government has taken since April to address the bed bug “crisis.”
Month: October 2009
The Smiths get bed bugs: HPD’s bed bug course
New – August 2010: the course now features a streamlined registration page. In addition, HPD now offers community classes at their downtown offices and at the offices of non-profits and tenants groups. More details on our NYC page.
Lou
Excerpted from recent email correspondence: —Dead of course. Can I get these from you? —yes, but alive. I have them in small, flat boxes that are taped and in plastic ziploc bag. paper is grid of 1/4″ squares.
The wandering females
Pfiester, Margie; Koehler, Philip G.; Pereira, Roberto M. (2009) Effect of Population Structure and Size on Aggregation Behavior of Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Journal of Medical Entomology 46(5):1015-1020. doi: 10.1603/033.046.0506 (free download available)
Fungus!
Update: More news about this research at the 2010 ESA meeting.
Of considerable tact and other incongruities
1982 A.G. Wheeler, Jr. (1982) Somebody’s Been Sleeping in My Bed! A Comprehensive Look at the Infamous Bed Bug, a Pest that has Plagued Man Since the Beginning of Civilization. Pest Control Technology 10(2): 38-44 [article is a revised excerpt … Continue reading
Central Ohio Bed Bug Summit on November 10
Update: Ohio’s Section 18 exemption filing was announced at the summit. The Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force, the volunteer bed bug task force that is fighting bed bugs in the Greater Columbus area, is holding its second annual bed … Continue reading
Going back to check to make sure they’re all dead (plus items from the CoP)
I’ve been thinking about how important this is. Says who, right? Ah, but I always have sources for you. See, for example, this great article on bed bug management in multi-unit housing (Todd Brown (BASF), PMP, January 2009, or see … Continue reading
Learning from the bed bug on the treadmill
Found on a random search: Vincent Harraca of Lund University, Sweden is using a servosphere to study bed bugs. It’s a kind of virtual treadmill, a locomotion compensating device with a camera and a funnel to present substances to an … Continue reading
The city’s new flu portal
http://www.nyc.gov/flu This is one of the things we would want for bed bugs. I say this with humility. I know these are two different public health problems. And there are no comparable resources.