Imagine this scenario. You’re home, puttering around the house, when you notice something out of the corner of your eye. It’s just an odd little speck on the duvet, probably nothing more than a bit of fluff. You just need to reach out and brush it away. But when you take a closer look you […]
Scott Palatnik
Are You Sharing Your Rideshare with Bed Bugs?
Lyft, Uber and Sidecar are just a few of the businesses that are making ride-sharing a worldwide phenomenon. So much so that recent statistics demonstrate that these companies are now servicing more travelers than traditional taxis. But there are always unforeseen consequences. While ride-sharing apps and entrepreneurial drivers offer consumers a previous unknown flexibility in […]
How to Wash Clothes that Have Been in Contact with Bed Bugs
People tend to think of bed bugs as being confined to sleeping areas. While mattresses, sheets, and bed linen are an obvious destination for hungry bed b bugs they are by no means their sole habitat. Bed bugs can, and will, take up residence darn near anywhere in your home. They can live in furniture, […]
Bed Bugs – When and How Often do they Feed?
Bed bugs have increasingly become a nationwide epidemic over the last few decades. Once considered a thing of the past, these parasitic bloodsuckers have returned with a vengeance and are now one of the most invasive pests facing American families. If you’ve ever had the misfortune of experiencing a full-scale bed bug invasion you’ll know […]
MTA Dealing with 2nd Bed Bug Infestation at Queens’ Subway Control Tower
New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is coming under fire from commuters and employees after bed bugs were once again found at the Continental Master Control Tower in Forest Hills. This is the second infestation at the facility over the course of several weeks. The previous infestation, which forced the facility’s closure due to fumigation, […]
Bed Bugs and Electronics – How to Protect and Clean Your Devices
Bed bugs are tiny creatures, and they are possessed of the ability to squirm their way in to almost any space. There are very few areas of your home or office that are immune from bed bugs, and if necessary they will choose any hiding place that they feel will protect them from predators. While […]
Who, and What, are a Bed Bugs’ Natural Predators?
There was a time, not so very long ago, when bed bugs were considered all but extinct in the West. These blood-sucking parasites had been so reduced in numbers that many families in the US thought of them as nothing more than characters in a bedtime lullaby. How wrong we were. Over the last few […]
Local Authorities Investigate Walmart Bed Bug Attack
Authorities are investigating the appearance of pill bottles filled with live bed bugs at a Washington Township Walmart. An employee at the big box retailer first discovered the bed bug loaded pill bottles in a boy’s jacket left hanging in a men’s department changing room That employee quickly notified management and the jacket and pill […]
How to Safely Clean Bed Bug Infested Toys
When someone discovers they have a bed bug infestation in the home their first response is usually to call in a professional inspection and removal service. It’s the most effective action to take under the circumstances, and the only way to ensure successful elimination of these troublesome pests. However, in the aftermath of a bed […]
Everything You Need to Know About Baby Bed Bugs
Americans across the country have been experiencing an unexpected, and wholly unwelcome, resurgence in bed bug infestation over the last several decades. Once considered a pest of the past, bed bugs have returned in full force to worry homes and families from coast to coast. In fact, according to the latest statistics, one out of […]
