1152013 MA Library System Workshop Presentation by Doreen Blades President of US Eco Corporation Topics to be covered What are bed bugs What do they look like Where are they likely to hide ID: 177406
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The Truth about Bed Bugs
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Topics to be covered
What are bed bugs?What do they look like?Where are they likely to hide?
Why have they come back in such magnitude?Possible solutionsQuestion and Answers
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Google search: Bed Bugs in news
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648,000 results (0.23 seconds) ABCNews
Nytimes.comEarly show CBSWSJ.comdailyfinance.com
Msnbc
Fox 25 News Bed Bug Epidemic
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Cities are reporting infestations and it's not just a bed problem. Bed bugs are being found in offices, restaurants and movie theaters. ...
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Bed Bugs in the news
http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/28/15518401-bedbug-cure-may-be-worse-than-the-bite-health-officials-warn?lite
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-library-Don-t-worry-about-bedbugs-4147452.php
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/3/bedbugs-an-increasing-concern-at-dnc-hotels
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Judge+orders+fumigation+after+found+Newfoundland+court/7731526/story.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/katiebell/2012/12/17/traveler-tips-for-avoiding-bed-bugs
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What do they look like?
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Bed Bugs what are they?
Common Bed Bugs or Cimex
lectularius have been around for centuries and have been referred to in literature since Aristotle. Many of you remember the lyrics “Sleep tight don’t let the bed bugs bite”
Bed bugs are small brownish flattened insects without wings and “suction cup” feet. They do not build nests like ants, or other insects, but like to travel by scurrying across floors, in heating ducts and electrical outlets, natural hitchhikers.
They feed on warm blooded animals, but prefer humans as we do not have much hair/fur.
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Life stages of Bed bugs
Illustration by: Scott
Charlesworth
, Purdue University, based in part on Usinger
, R. L. 1966, Monograph of the
Cimicidae
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The adult female bed bug will lay from 1 to 2 eggs a day if the temperature is between 70° and 80° more or less depending on the temperature. The eggs hatch quickly in 1 to 2 weeks.
Bed bugs can live for up to a year without a meal. Bed bugs are active at night when people are sleeping and hide out close to their next meal during the day.
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What happens after the bite!
As of today it appears bed bugs do not transmit diseases. Further studies are being conducted. Per Journal of American Medical Association
Common problems are itchy bites and sometimes they become infected from scratching. Not all people will react to the bed bug bite.
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Why are they back
Many more people are traveling to far off locations where they were never eradicated. Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe
Immigration has increasedPesticides such as DDT are no longer being used.
They are becoming resistant to current Pesticides' being used.People have not had to look for them in the recent past allowing them to multiply and spread
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Where are we seeing the problems
Everywhere!!
High end hotels, dorms, apartments, theaters, Retail shops, furniture stores, schools, daycare, buses, trains….
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How they travel: by laying eggs or hitch hiking on items such as:
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How to prevent them and get rid of them
If you suspect an infestation act quickly!
Inspect books that are returned. Bed bugs are hitchhikers they like to hide in the spine of a book.Do a bed bug check when staying in a hotel or motel. Look behind the headboard, look on the mattress specifically the seams and box spring for tell tale signs (feces, eggs, bugs)
Be diligent when traveling. Keep the luggage off the floor or bed. Stay away from the drapes in the hotel room.
Wash clothes in hot water or put in dryer for 20 minutes when returning from a trip.
Clean the luggage after a trip carry a plastic bag for your luggage.
Use mattress and box spring encasements
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Pictures of bed bug infestations
Carpet infestation
Mattress infestation
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Bed bug
prevention ideas:Put the stuffed animals or other items in the dryer for 20 to 30 minutes at high heat.
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Inspect the returned books; if bugs are found, place them in tightly closed plastic bag and throw out or treat with heat.
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Place back packs in plastic containers away from carpets and walls. Wash or treat storage containers and do visual checks.
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Other options
Bed bug traps and/or detectorsBed bug sniffing dogs (must be continually trained)
PesticidesPesticide Free treatmentsHeat treatment for building only use a qualified exterminator with experience
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Resources
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bedbugs/DS00663
http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef636.asphttp://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/publications/bb_guidelines/files/bb_guidelines_bbID.pdfwww.epa.gov/bedbugs
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/bedbugs/faqs.html
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Resources continued
Accurate Termite & Pest Control, inc, Nancy Cox, Owner http://www.accuratepest.biz/http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/environmental/sanitation/bedbugs-faq.pdf
http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publichealth/insects/bedbug.htmlhttp://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=183643
wwww.bedbugregistry.com
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Questions?
Thank you
Doreen BladesUS Eco Products, Corporationdoreen@usecoproducts.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/doreenblades
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