- 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: Photos
WWII army barracks disinfestation photos
Well, maybe one more history post. The papers say the city is ready to do battle, more on what that might mean later. Of course bed bugs have always been a big deal. Eradicating them, a big production. We had … Continue reading
Piercing/sucking
Actually, I was wrong about the CDC. They also have these cool SEM photos in their Public Health Image Library (search for old cimex l. on this page). Like this one showing the fascicle of doom inside its sheath: As … Continue reading
Male and female bed bugs climbing up artist paintbrush
From Lou Sorkin.
The bed bugs on the mattresses that no one is responsible for
There are some bed bug problems that are very difficult (like the lack of access to pest control services and the difficulty of containing infestations in multi-unit buildings), and then there are problems that are simpler, if only someone would … Continue reading
Active dispersal, baby
It’s always about bed bug sex, but check this out, a new focus for a bed bug researcher. Well, new to me. I’m smiling because it’s as if the research gods have answered my prayers. And if there are American … Continue reading
The question of neglect
If it were up to me, most photographs of bed bug infestations would be of well-ordered homes with no overt signs of infestation. Where the before and after pictures would be identical. But it’s not up to me, and in … Continue reading
The lemonade file: “like giant pieces of beef jerky”
By cuttlefish via flickr. By cuttlefish via flickr.
A (challenging) NYC apartment with a bed bug problem
A pest control company, Magic Exterminating, documents in this flickr set (slideshow) the condition of a NYC apartment where there are bed bugs. It’s hard to say how I feel about viewing these photographs. Presumably, permission was obtained from the … Continue reading
Permanent prophylactic measures, city of plastic bags
Mangy_cur, a New York vs Bed Bugs cofounder, the awesome photographer of this flickr set, tells us that over a year since the start of the bed bug infestation (at the moment, but relatively recently, eradicated), this is still pretty … Continue reading
