- The work of New York vs Bed Bugs has ended -- this site remains as an archive. We're making things simple and easier to maintain but we'll bring back the photographs our friends allowed us to use (perhaps you liked them too).
- Check out the innovative work of the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force
- HPD has streamlined the registration page for its online bed bug course and is now offering community classes for non-profits and tenant groups. More details here.
- Featured interview: Steven W. Smollens on landlord / tenant litigation history in Bedbug City
Category Archives: Featured
An interview with Steven W. Smollens: law and history in NYC
Steven W. Smollens has practiced landlord and tenant law in New York City for 34 years. I have (in my History of the Misery of Bed Bugs collection) a set of notes, passed along like contraband, of his New York … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, History, Interviews, Issues and Challenges
Tagged bedbugs, case law, landlord tenant litigation, NYC
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Laundry and the motivating power of the bed bug web: Q&A with Richard Naylor
First, the study. Naylor, R. A., and C. J. Boase. 2010. Practical Solutions for Treating Laundry Infested With Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 103 (February): 136-139. doi:10.1603/EC09288. In keeping with our recent interest in the first line … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Interviews, Research
Tagged bedbugs, dispersal, laundry, Research, Richard Naylor, UK
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What’s working for bed bug control in multifamily housing: a new report from NCHH
The National Center for Healthy Housing, with funding from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs, has published a report on the actual practice of bed bug control: What’s Working for Bed Bug Control in Multi-Family Housing: Reconciling best … Continue reading
Bed bugs make the home page of the NYC Department of Health
You have to see this. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has published a new bed bug guide, Preventing and Getting Rid of Bed Bugs Safely (PDF), available in English as a printed booklet by calling … Continue reading
The active spread of bed bugs in buildings: the stakes for cities
A new article in the Journal of Economic Entomology should have important implications for policy making—if we are smart enough as a society to appreciate the stakes. Wang, C., K. Saltzmann, E. Chin, G. W. Bennett, T. Gibb. 2010. Characteristics … Continue reading
Letter in support of the Community Integrated Pest Management Program at Cornell
Below is our letter in support of the Community IPM Program — links added in this online version. Please take a moment to review the appeal (PDF) by Dr. Donald Rutz, director of the NYS IPM Program, and please consider … Continue reading
Bed bug treatment specs from ONPHA
The Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association has posted bed bug management specifications which were developed in collaboration with hsi solutions. This is a great communication and education tool for their residents and property managers — but there’s also generosity at play … Continue reading
An evening of bed bugs, cont’d
Lou Sorkin began his lecture at last week’s special meeting of the New York Entomological Society by recounting a few choice tales of insect gourmandism—like the one about the tarantula tempura served at one of The Explorers Club’s annual banquets. … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Featured, Issues and Challenges
Tagged bedbugs, education, Lou Sorkin, NYC
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kdr pyrethroid resistance widespread in U.S. bed bug populations
The University of Kentucky announced yesterday that knockdown resistance (kdr-type) mutations, conferring resistance to synthetic pyrethroid pesticides, are widely prevalent in U.S. bed bug populations. The study, forthcoming1 in Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, finds that one or two … Continue reading
The New York Entomological Society presents “What Do You Really Know About Bed Bugs?”
WHO: Everyone’s favorite NYC entomologist, Lou Sorkin WHEN: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 – 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM WHERE: Kaufman Theater, First Floor, American Museum of Natural History, 79th St. and Central Park West DETAILS: What Do You Really Know … Continue reading
