Bed Bug Questions
1. What are bed bugs? What does a bed bug look like? Can I see bed bugs? Do bed bugs fly, jump or burrow into skin? What other names do bed bugs have? If you ever heard that nursery rhyme Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite,” you know these critters bite […]
Questions on Bed Bug Extermination
Q. What’s the Best Way to Kill Bed Bugs? A. Hire a Bed Bug Specialist whom only uses HEAT! Someone only doing Bed Bug Exterminating and only uses HEAT. That’s all they do and they do it better than the others. The Best Exterminators offer You a Guarantee/Warranty. Q. Why Heat??? A. Heat is the […]
Bug-Bomb Foggers are No Match for Bed Bugs
Bug-bomb foggers are no match for bed bugs New research shows foggers are ineffective against bed bugs Consumer products known as “bug bombs” or “foggers” have been sold for decades for use against many common household insects. However, recent research published in the Journal of Economic Entomology (JEE) shows these products to be ineffective against bed bugs. […]
New Research Could End Battle Against Bed Bugs
New research could end the battle against bed bugs. According to a team of entomologists at Penn State University, the parasites have met their match in a fungus called Beauveria bassiana, which grows naturally in soils and causes disease in insects. As part of the study, published in the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, researchers took paper and cotton […]
Bed Bug Diseases, Hiding Spots, and Movement
The good news about Bed Bugs is that they do not transmit any human diseases, but have been known to carry up to 32 diseases, with SARS being the newest and most dangerous Bed Bug Scare. Bedbugs are known to crawl quite a distance at nighttime in search of food, but they do not fly. […]
How Bed Bug Bite Reactions Differ
Bed bugs affect people in a number of ways, but perhaps the most important are various skin reactions and allergic reactions. True allergic reactions are rare from bed bug bites, and anaphylactic shock is even rarer; however, people often claim that severe bite reactions are allergic (but sometimes this is not the case). The presence […]
Bed Bug Travel Tips
Happy Holidays! According to AAA, 43.6 million Americans are planning to take to the roads, skies and railwaysbetween Nov. 21 and Nov. 25. The Federal Aviation Administration lists the nation’s 35 busiest airports, and 30 of those cities can be found on Orkin’s top 50 bed bug cities list. So try not to travel to these cities […]
More About The Bed Bug Guys
Hello folks, I am Jeff, one of “The Bed Bug Guys” and we love killing Bed Bugs. “The Bed Bug Guys” are a locally owned and operated business that specializes in exterminating Bed Bugs, with HEAT Treatments. Bed Bug exterminating is all we do and are a very successful business, with hundreds of satisfied customers […]
Illnesses Associated with Bed Bug Incesticides
Acute Illnesses Associated With Insecticides Used to Control Bed Bugs — Seven States, 2003–2010 For 2003–2010, a total of 111 cases were identified in seven states (Table 2). The majority of cases occurred during 2008–2010 (73%), were of low severity (81%), and were identified by poison control centers (81%). New York City had the […]
Why Bed Bugs Won’t Die
Why Bedbugs Won’t Die Irritating Pests Are Evolving Rapidly to Withstand Pesticides, Gene Study Finds By ROBERT LEE HOTZ The first comprehensive genetic study of bedbugs, the irritating pests that have enjoyed a world-wide resurgence in recent years, indicates they are quickly evolving to withstand the pesticides used to combat them. The new findings from entomologists […]