Bed bug lecture by Dr. Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Renee Corea

The University of Maryland’s Home and Garden Information Center has posted three videos of a bed bug lecture by Dr. Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann of the NYS IPM Program.

Bed Bugs Part 1: What is a Bed Bug?

Bed bugs Part 2: Identifying and inspecting for bed bugs

Bed bugs Part 3: How to get rid of bed bugs

Don’t miss the bug bomb.

We talked to Dr. Gangloff-Kaufmann in 2008.

Via Bughelp.org.

These pages may be of related interest:

  1. NYS IPM Program’s How to Talk to Callers about Bed Bugs
  2. Letter in support of the Community Integrated Pest Management Program at Cornell
  3. Articles from the Summer 2006 issue of AE
  4. Michigan’s bed bug management decision flow chart
  5. What’s working for bed bug control in multifamily housing: a new report from NCHH

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One Response to Bed bug lecture by Dr. Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann

  1. Peter Tilstra says:
    January 29, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    I have done a lot of research on bed bugs, and hearing about all the different ways they can or can’t be killed. Most everyone seems to agree that todays chemicals aren’t effective, and other treatments cannot reach into the harborage areas. However, extreme heat or cold is 100% effective in eliminating bed bugs if they are exposed to the proper temperatures for the required time to kill them. There is a new patented process now available in New York called ThermaPureHeat. You can find out all about the process at http://www.thermapure.com/bedbugs.php. In a nutshell, if you have bed bugs, they come in and use a heat technology to eliminate bedbugs and the eggs in one single treatment. Bed bugs cannot survive at temperatures above 113 degrees. When ThermaPureHeat is used, the area is sealed off, and heated using special heaters, fans, and air scrubbers. The temperature is brought to about 140 degrees and held there for 3-4 hours. This allows the heat to penetrate into mattresses, boxsprings, woodwork, and all the harborage areas of the bed bugs. The process is not only proven to be 100% effective, but only takes one day. You have no need to replace anything in the rooms treated, and it even improves the air quality of the rooms by destroying odors, dustmites and some bacterial and viral problems. Fortunatley, there is one (and currently ONLY one) company that is licensed to use the ThermaPureHeat process in the New York Metropolitan area. They are Expediant Environmental Solutions LLC. I know this, because I am their project manager in charge of bed bugs. If we can be of assistance, please send an e-mail to ptilstra@moldybugs.com. Visit the ThermaPure website first to verify everything I have said.