A national pest control company says it did more business in Chicago for bed bugs last year, than any other city. But one Chicago doctor isn’t biting. “As a major city with a large, diverse population and many international visitors, …
Mike Chapman was grateful for the donated furniture he and his fiance received after a fire last June destroyed their apartment in Spokane, Wash. But not long after they moved their three children to a new place, they discovered they …
A specially trained dog is sniffing out the Tulsa Central Library after bed bugs were discovered on a chair this week. The dog, known as Ms. Liberty Belle, was called in to check all floors of the library in search …
The Tulsa Central Library, in Oklahoma, is temporarily closed after bed bugs were discovered on a chair. Library representative John Fancher says library staff quickly removed the chair from the building after the bed bugs were found. Fancher tells Tulsa …
About half of northern Kentucky hotels have had at least one bedbug complaint since May 2010. The Kentucky Enquirer examined records it obtained under an open records request and found that 34 of the 64 hotels under the jurisdiction of …
Bed bugs aren’t just sleeping with you. They’re sleeping with each other. Researchers now say that the creepy bugs have a special genetic gift: withstanding incest. It turns out that unlike most creatures, bed bugs are able to inbreed with …
Treatment Options Though insecticides may be the treatment of choice for killing bed bugs, other options do exist, according to Henriksen. “There are several different methods that are effective in killing bed bugs. Heat is one of them. Others include …
An alarming invasion of bed bugs in homes, hotels, schools, hospitals and other facilities has led to a renewed call for lifting of a government ban on a pesticide once used to combat the bugs and moves in several states …