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• [1] Bed Bug March 26, 2007 - 10:59AM

  Hello,

  My name is Sean and I am a former pest control technician and now Quality Assurance Manager and Technical Advisor for one of North America’s largest pest control companies.

  I have spent the better part of the past five years studying and researching bed bugs. It has literally become a hobby.

  I have created a website geared toward providing the public with a place to go to get unbiased information and allow industry professionals to communicate with each other on this issue.

  The site is called The Bed Bug Resource (www.thebedbugresource.com). At the top of the page there is a Forum button that will take you to the message boards.

  If you find this to be a useful resource please feel free to post a link to it, or pass the information on to colleagues and the general public.

  If you reference the site or use any of its material I ask that a copy of the article be sent to me.

  Sincerely,

  Sean

  Entomologist / Pest Professional

  www.thebedbugresource.com

  
  
• [2] m star March 26, 2007 - 12:49PM

  PLEASE ASK: Can you contract bedbugs by washing your sheets in a public laundromat? Or does hot water kill them?

  
  
• [3] not bitten from greenpoint, bklyn March 26, 2007 - 01:03PM

  An important thing to mention is that two people sharing the SAME bed may not get bitten in the same way, or show symptoms of being bitten in the same way. My wife was being bitten repeatedly, and I had absolutely no bites whatsoever. So our bedbug problem went undiagnosed for an extra 2 weeks or so. We had brought up the idea of bedbugs, but dismissed it since I was wasn't being bitten. And our dermatologist agreed with us!

  It wasn't until I physically saw one in the bed that we discovered the problem.

  
  
• [4] Marlene Diamond from Flushing March 26, 2007 - 01:11PM

  Can you please give me information about the song played at the end of the bedbug segment. It seemed that the title was Good Night Mr. Bedbug but I couln't find it on Amazon.

  
  
• [5] Sarah, Lopate Show producer from NYC March 26, 2007 - 03:35PM

  The name of that song is "Mr. Bedbug," and it's sung by Kevin Roth.

  
  
• [6] Lou March 27, 2007 - 03:16AM

  As an entomologist at NY City's American Museum of Natural History, I receive many calls from the public concerning bed bugs, their identification, bite reactions, and the like. It's extremely important to realize that immature bed bugs, especially the first instar after hatching is only 1 mm long (about 1/32 inch), pale colored, but bright red after having fed upon you, the host (which makes it easy to spot). Later instars get larger and are not as pale, but not dark red-brown as the adult male or female bed bug. Their "imbibed food" will appear red through their skin, as well. An empty, hungry bug changes from flat to plump, after feeding for a few minutes. I rear a colony of bugs and have posted pictures of my bite reactions from many feeding (hundred) at once on my arm and you can view these on flickr.com and also read from the blog on bedbugger.com. Bed bugs simply rest in the container until activated by moving the jar or especially holding it. They are not active at all until I hold the jar and that's when hundreds of all sizes of bed bugs begin crawling, searching for a blood meal, apparently innervated by heat from my hand through the glass. I'll try and post some movies of this activity in the near future.

  Lou

  
  
• [7] BRENDAN P. RYAN from ISLIP, NEW YORK March 27, 2007 - 05:32PM

  MR. COOPER LEFT HIS COMPANY WEBSITE AS WWW.COOPERPESTS.COM I TRIED TO BRING IT UP BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, ANY IDEA WHAT I AM DOING WRONG? THANKS!!

  Response from the Lopate Show:

  ***it's www.cooperpest.com.

  
  
• [8] Brian Jones from Cooper Pest Solutiosn, Lawrenceville, NJ April 03, 2007 - 07:30PM

  You can access Cooper's website by going to www.cooperpest.com and clicking on Bed Bugs.

  The site to order the encasements he was talking about is www.cooperpest.com/encasement.asp

  
  
• [9] nobugsonme from http://bedbugger.com April 08, 2007 - 03:58AM

  I run the website Lou mentions above, bedbugger.com, which offers news, information and support for bed bug sufferers. We have an extensive FAQs page which would probably help anyone trying to deal with or avoid bed bugs, here:

  http://bedbugger.com/faqs

  
  
• [10] chris mccabe from nj April 20, 2007 - 08:28PM

  Bed Bugs: the best excuse for a new mattress

  
  
• [11] gail from new york October 03, 2007 - 09:30PM

  I am looking for a company in new york that uses vikane gassing for bedbugs, can someone please help! Thanks

  
  
• [12] Jan Foster from Jackson Heights October 29, 2007 - 04:03PM

  Thought your "let's explain" show on bedbugs was really useful but please mention about mattress encasements next time.

  They’re new and really useful.

  Also, check out New York State Integrated Pest Management Program

  Email: nysipm@cornell.edu

  Website: www.nysipm.cornell.edu

  
  
• [13] Gail from N.Y. December 30, 2007 - 10:12AM

  Some people don't react to the bites at all(myself).Clean or dirty,rich or poor doesn't matter.I urge EVERYONE to pick a night and set alarm for 2-3 am ,have tape available and flashlight available next to the bed,when alarm goes off,jump out turn on your lights and start looking.Use light colored bed sheets on this night,if you have them you will likely find them doing this.Hope you don't :)