- 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: Statistics
NPMA/University of Kentucky global bed bug survey
The NPMA/University of Kentucky global bed bug survey hasn’t been published yet (see the NPMA press release that made the news rounds recently) but I came across an executive summary (PDF) via Pest magazine that has a bit more detail. … Continue reading
“During the past 12 months, have you had a problem with bed bugs in your home that required an exterminator?”
The NYC Health Department announced at last Wednesday’s press conference that 6.7% (of adult residents) answered yes. Despite the bad news, it is exciting to have this question included in the city’s health survey for the first time. Not that … Continue reading
FY 2010 NYC stats update
We updated bed bug statistics through FY 2010 (PDF), data courtesy of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and for the first time added a table of 311 directory assistance calls. This table is based on data … Continue reading
#44
Not sure how I missed this but check out the CDC’s internal site search stats for 2009. Bed bugs rank #44 on the list of keywords, behind scabies, above smoking. 25,506 searches. Frustrated searchers to be sure. I’m good for … Continue reading
Bed bug tracking in Columbus: “a fraction of the actual bed bug infestations”
It’s amazing how much the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force has been able to accomplish without any significant funding. The latest example is this presentation from the recent Central Ohio Bed Bug Summit: Bed Bug Distribution through Greater Columbus, … Continue reading
Lazy hazy days of bed bugs
Caveman Forecaster analyzed google search volume trends for “bed bugs” and found that searches rise in summer months. Caveman’s second graph is a bed bug forecast: Caveman also mentions the top-three cities looking for bed bugs in google. I’ll leave … Continue reading
Elie Zananiri’s Rats ‘n’ Bedbugs
Rats ‘n’ Bedbugs Screencast from prisonerjohn on Vimeo. This is the project page with links to the application, images and video. In our experience generally people don’t read fact sheets or FAQs, not until they have bed bugs, and often … Continue reading
311 finally has bed bug category
NYC 311 formalizes category for bed bug complaints — apartments, hotels, subways! Continue reading
Greater London bed bug infestation study
The Louisa Richards’ (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) study we’d heard so much of, a study of resident bed bug service requests to pest control teams in London from 2000 to 2006, has been published. The study found an average 28.5% yearly increase in calls about bed bugs to seven boroughs in London. Continue reading
Rats and bed bugs: a mainstreaming idea
“The project would start with a simple animation of an uneasy person with 6 rats on his left and a bunch of bedbugs squirming on his right. The user would then click on one of the two sides…” Continue reading
