Bedbugs take toll on peace of mind, pieces of furniture
By JOANNA BRODER jbroder@pioneerlocal.com
Jeremiah Husko now sleeps on an uncomfortable, air mattress that deflates in the middle of the night.
It’s not by choice.
The 25-year-old electrical apprentice used to have a king-size mattress but had to throw it out after his two-bedroom apartment in Palatine became [...]

While most claims of an effective bed bug trap have to date been much ado about nothing, a new product which seems to be the real deal is only a month or two away.
The trap I am talking about is the NightWatch by Biosensory, Inc.
In the past, this innovative company has produced an effective mosquito [...]

A bedbug infestation in a Dartmouth public housing complex for seniors is about to get raided.
Exterminators are going after the pests in Alderney Manor today after a Monday inspection showed signs of another invasion.
Pat Lawrence, director of the Metropolitan Regional Housing Authority, says the spraying starts today in about 20 units and will continue tomorrow.
“Some [...]

From the bedroom to the kitchen – one Johnson City apartment is completely infested.
Now one desperate mother is making a plea for help.
NewsChannel 34’s Bill Wadell was in that home earlier Tuesday.
It is one of your stories.
You can see the evidence on her son’s face.
Her daughter’s arms.
And even on her own legs.
Nickalina Dean says her [...]

The Cincinnati Health Department will host a day long conference on Bed Bugs.
Local residents are invited to the Duke Energy Center on Thursday August 14 to discuss ways to prevent, control, and eradicate bed bug infestations.
Dr. Susan Jones will share the biology of bed bugs, from their life cycle to their behavior.
Rickey Howard, a Legal [...]

Rene Stutzman |Sentinel Staff Writer
A Tampa woman is suing an Orlando hotel, alleging she suffered dozens of disfiguring bedbug bites during an overnight stay two years ago.
Kimberly Ann DeRoche, 38, stayed at the Rodeway Inn International, 6327 International Drive, on April 29, 2006, according to her suit filed last week in circuit court in Orlando.
“In [...]

Monday July 28, 2008, 8:43 AM
Emily Anne Epstein / Hoboken Now”No matter what I did they weren’t going away,” said Grandview Terrace tenant William Dorrity, who finally hired an exterminator and is now pushing for the change in state law. Here he holds up a bottle of dead bedbugs collected by his neighbor, Kevin Geraghty.
When [...]

Best way to check for pests is to look for clues left behind on mattresses, furniture.

By Anthony Gottschlich
Staff Writer

Saturday, July 26, 2008
DAYTON — When bed bugs bite, don’t rest tight, pest control experts and health officials say. Take action immediately.
“If you suspect you have bed bugs, keep the bug and call a pest control company. [...]

AMY LUFT, The Gazette
Published: 37 minutes ago

If the bedbugs bite, you might find yourself eating the costs.
When Lee discovered a series of red-and-white marks on his body last month, he assumed they were mosquito bites. But when the spots returned, he visited a doctor. Diagnosis: bedbugs. The 25-year-old student and musician, who preferred that his [...]

By Anthony Gottschlich
Staff Writer

Saturday, July 26, 2008
DAYTON — It started with a few red welts, about the size of mosquito bites, that itched like crazy.
Within two weeks, the few bites turned to many, and that’s when Lakesia Beavers discovered she had a real problem in her Trotwood apartment: bed bugs — those creepy, tiny, [...]