There are many different reactions to being bitten by a bed bug. It is possible that while some family members react to bed bug bites other members in the family may have no reaction at all. It is an old wives tale that...
Dr. Stephane Perron, M.D. Montreal, QC Public Health Dept. presents at 2015 Bed Bug Summit. He is known for his clinical work and occupational environmental medicine with...
There is no secret or magic bullet to getting rid of these pests. If detected early on it is much easier to get rid of them. It is Paul Bello’s opinion that once someone...
Bed bugs are very hard to detect in the early stages. Most people will bring bed bugs home and be bitten for a while before they realize that what has been happening is bed bugs. By this point...
Yes, there is. An association known as NESDCA certifies dogs and handlers as being tested and accurate. These dogs are not pets and require daily training which is why they can cost from...
One of the keynote speakers was Dr. Vernard Lewis, of University of California- Berkeley. He spoke on his recent research with different Bed Bug Monitors. He started out by telling our group that...
Greg Mills is the owner of AllPest since 1998, a pest control company with over 200 employees and based in Perth, West Australia. Greg spoke about three or four case studies as seen in...
Eric discussed why and how heat treatment is a good option for killing bed bugs. He stated that heat treatments lower risk to people and pets. Heat kills all life stage of bed bugs from egg to adult often on the...
Understand that individuals that travel regularly are at a higher risk of getting bedbugs than those who do not travel as much. Most homeowners who get bed bugs have one thing in common...
Bed Bugs are not your average parasitic bug. If you have ever had a flea infestation you may have been able to rid your home of these pests quite easily. Bed bugs are much more difficult as they are able to...
It has not been proven that sonic electronic devices are capable of running bed bugs away. Even so, it hasn’t stopped thousands of people from buying these devices in an attempt to...
Gail Getty was another speaker in the 2013 conference. She has over 18 years of experience in the insect world, her list of accomplishments are too many to list. She talked about how bed bug lawsuits...
Bed bugs reproduce by something called, “traumatic insemination”. This term means that the male bug actually pierces the abdomen of the female to impregnate her. Researchers have found that the females...
Dr. Gries earned his Ph.D. in 1984 from George-August University in Germany. In 1991, he became a professor at Simon Frasier University and in 2000, he was promoted to full time professor of Animal Communication Ecology & Biological Science...
As the bed bug problem continues to grow more and more pest management companies are learning how to deal with these pests. There are currently around 20,000 pest companies within the US which specialize in bed bug eradication. A good company...
Dr. Pereira, University of Florida, discussed feeding patterns of bed bugs. He stated that the common belief is that bedbugs eat every five to seven days. He explained how humans know their feeding schedule and we know that we will have...
When viewed from the side, these bugs are very flat and adult bed bugs are thin enough that they are about the width of a business card. Due to their flatness and apple seed size they are able to...
There have been those in the hospitality and housing industry that have commented about the possible hype of the bed bug problem. Saying, “We don’t have or have never had a bedbug problem at our location, isn’t the...
Simon joked about how London is the hotspot for the bed bug infestations or the bed bug capital of the United Kingdom. Even joking it would be called the Bed Bug Olympics. London is...
Paul Bello stated that his worst case of bed bugs was in an apartment that had a single occupant in his seventies. He visited the apartment the day after it was treated for bedbugs as part of the follow-up treatment. What he saw...
Billy began by explaining that our industry must identify the clients’ needs and know the bed bug issues. The topic he covered dealt with multi-housing infestations. Billy tries to gather information on...
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