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"You would go to a hotel after someone left that had bedbugs. You would put your clothing into the drawers and dressers and not realizing it then you take your clothes with you when you leave; go home and then spread it to the residential area." It takes a lot of effort to get rid of them. Russell and his team bring in bug sniffing dogs to determine where they are; once that happens the intensive treatment begins: "We have to treat every nook and cranny: picture frames, moldings, electrical outlets. We have to pull the carpet up. The second treatment is actually steam." Steam will kill the eggs that haven't hatched yet. Bedbugs leave tiny blood stains on mattresses and sheets, so you can look for those. And Russell says when you check into a hotel pull the sheets off the bed and check the mattress seams and the headboards. Source: http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/2585530.php
Biz Buzz: Don't let the bedbugs bite
Friday, July 18, 2008
Start throwing around terms like "host" and "bloodsucker" and a couple of things come to mind. Politicians, sure, but that's just too easy. Hookworms, leeches, Pacific lamprey. All cuddle-challenged creatures in their own way, but still nothing you'd likely encounter in your bedroom at 3 a.m. That leaves bedbugs, those wingless insects that have scared countless generations of children. If you suspect a problem, the Harvard School of Public Health recommends carefully examining the nooks and crannies of sleeping areas, keeping a nose out for a coriander-like odor that may be present in heavy infestations. Or you can send Sarah and Rex into the place. The two black Labrador retrievers spend their days working for Action Termite and Pest Control of Toms River, sniffing around for bedbugs. The former shelter dogs were given more than 800 hours of training in Florida to track the elusive bedbug. The company said Sarah and Rex are more than 90 percent accurate and can pinpoint infestations. Nighty night. -- Greg Saitz http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-9/1216355859319820.xml&coll=1 |
Posted: Saturday, 12 July 2008 10:39AM
Bedbugs are making a comeback
That's just one of the many horrors that accompany infestations, which have become increasingly common in hotel rooms, cruise ships, houses, dormitories and even airplanes in recent years.
All but eradicated in the 1950s, bedbugs have made quite the comeback, hitchhiking their way across the world in luggage.
And exterminators say no one can sleep tight at night.
Bedbugs have "definitely become a problem again," said John Russell, general manager of Action Termite & Pest Control, in Toms River, N.J.
And "they don't care whether you're rich or poor," he said.
Last year, the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City was reported to have bedbugs in the hotel before its gaming license was revoked.
Russell's company is treating hotels in New York and Atlantic City for bedbugs as well as an 11-story building in Philadelphia.
To help, Mike Russell, the company's vice president of marketing, says it employs two bug-sniffing dogs to root out bedbugs - and they're in high demand.
"We're getting at least 20 bedbug calls a week," he said.
John Russell said bedbugs are classic hitchhikers, finding humans from the carbon dioxide we exhale and hopping off into our beds, where they feed and breed at night. One female can lay up to 500 eggs.
Sometimes, bedbugs can even be transferred by furniture stores that pick up old mattresses and carry them in delivery vans alongside new beds, John Russell said.
The flat brown bugs can usually be seen underneath or in the seams of mattresses or nesting behind headboards during the day.
Tiny blood stains on mattresses and sheets are also a sign that you've got bugs that are feasting.
Bedbugs inject a numbing agent so their bite can't be felt.
John Russell says they haven't been found to transmit diseases.
Still, they're not a bug you can live with. *