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
Note: The New York City Bed Bug Advisory Board report was released on July 28: New York City Bed Bug Advisory Board Report (April 2010) (PDF).
Entomologist Richard Cooper will lecture on bed bugs at Mid-Manhattan Library at 6:30 p.m. today. “Bed Bugs: What You Don’t Know Could Come Back to Bite You” with Richard Cooper | The New York Public Library — see also the … Continue reading
I made this logic tree (PDF) a while back to try to figure out all possible solutions. (Because I read a book! A great book, actually, and thought I’d try its tools.)
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
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
In the Columbia Spectator today, Bedbugs spread, residents criticize city’s inaction:
This Dow case study—Getting Beyond Bed Bugs, PCT—proposes just that: Both [Bed Bugs and Beyond president Michael] Batenburg and [Global Pest Control general manager Kery] Bruzzo agree that the public and many pest control professionals are simply not aware about … Continue reading
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
Lou Sorkin is without a doubt the kindest person in the whole bed bug-riddled City of New York. It was great to see him enjoying himself at his lecture last night. And his guests were wonderful. There were also these … Continue reading