In this occasional series, OZY takes to streets and neighborhoods across the globe to ask a simple question: How was your day? Louis Sorkin Rye Brook, New York I began my day packaging some specimens spiders, scorpions and some other arachnids suspended in alcohol that needed to be shipped. Then I got a call from a man who had found some strange insects biting him after hed gone to a park on the Upper West Side. He was really surprised because hed been going to this park for the past 10 years and had neve

WAUSAU, Wis., (WSAW)-- Sleep away camp is great chance for kids to bring home memories, stories and possibly some unwanted friends. To talk about preventing and treating pesky bed bugs was Sarah Brown, Environmental Health Specialist with Marathon County. Adult bed bugs look similar to a tick and have flat, copper colored bodies. Young bed bugs (nymphs) are nearly colorless and very small. You can see adult bed bugs, nymphs (immature bed bugs), and eggs with the naked eye. An adult bed bug is about the size

Posted by: Robert Friedman in Recruiting Software Blog, August 3, 2017 Bed bugs They are creepy and crawly, and if you are not careful, they could be coming home from work with you. At least that is what happened at New-York-based media firm, Buzzfeed, last month. In mid-June, Buzzfeed employees logged on to find an email from the company communications officer alerting workers that the office would be fumigated the following day in the fastest and environmentally safest manner. Just like no fancy

This image of a taxonomic network of bacterial diversity on bedbugs comes from Michael Fisher, who won first place for graduate students and postdocs in the graphics category. Click to see a larger version on Flickr. First place for graphics and illustration among faculty and staff goes to a Mars map from Paul Byrne, an assistant professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences who specializes in planetary geology. The planet Mars has fascinated humanity for thousands of

Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver are Canada's top cities for bedbug infestations, according to a list released by pest control company Orkin. The data was assembled by adding up the number of commercial and residential treatments for bedbugs in those communities over the last 12 months, according to Global News. Click on the map below for a larger image: Bedbugs are a growing problem in many Canadian cities and contrary to their name, they don't just live in mattresses and bedding. The tiny insects can als

Dead bed bugs lay on a paper towel (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) JERSEY CITY First-responders tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate a woman police were told was found unresponsive in her home on Sunday morning. According to a story on Fios1,when medics arrived at the home they needed to call in a hazmat team to deal with a massive bug infestation problem. In addition to the woman, five other people, including the womans parents and her daughters, lived at the home at the time she was found. She was declared

Please enable Javascript to watch this video AURORA, Colo. -- Bedbugs are creating an ongoing nuisance for tenants at a northwest Aurora apartment building as landlords across the country find it difficult to properly exterminate the pests. Studies from this year indicate bedbugs are becoming more resistant to pesticides. When I moved here, my son and I enjoyed it, Stapleton Apartments tenant Max Vaughns said. We [were] having fun. But over the past three months, Vaughns said he has spent s

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK One Illinois region is not sleeping tight as a plague of bed bugs continues to bite. The Springfield-Decatur-Champaign area ranked 30th on Orkins most recent "Top 50 Bed Bug Cities" list, which tracks where the pest control company conducts the most bed bug treatments. The region jumped 12 spots from last years list. Kathy Wade, director of environmental health at Macon Health Department, couldn't say why the small, flat, brown bugs invaded the area, but noted they have been a growin

Complaints of bed bugs, stoves that turn on by themselves, break-ins and a landlord that tenants say ignores their cries for help led to a protest that saw dozens of residents demanding to speak with property management on Saturday afternoon. Chanting, placard-waving tenants are accusing mega-manager,RealstarGroup, of failing to maintain the safety and livability of theirScarboroughbuilding complex in the Oakridge area. They claim the company has createdan atmosphere of aggression in the process.

Gary Shelton tossed clothes, a wooden bed frame, a directors chair and cardboard boxes stuffed with papers from his community-activist campaigns. Other clothes the 68-year-old Long Beach man washed, dried and bagged. Then he waited. And waited. And waited. An exterminator sprayed his ninth-floor Plymouth West apartment three times for bedbugs December, January and February. If there is any evidence of bedbugs, they treat again, he said. Finally, in March, Shelton was given the all-clear. Its lik

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) A bed bug infestation is getting better at a public housing building in Green Bay that is mostly home to elderly residents. Green Bays Housing Authority has been battling bed bugs at Mason Manor for the past 4 years, but management said some changes have led to some big results. I have heard from people who live there and their families and they are frustrated and confused. How can this go on for years? How can my grandma or mom be put through this? said Chris Wery, Green Bay City Co

A Brit family say their Spanish holiday was ruined after they were attacked by blood-sucking bed bugs in their apartment block each night for nearly a week. Disgusted Liam Edmonds and Laura Docherty shared revolting photographs after they discovered creatures crawling in both the mattresses and wooden frames of their beds. The couple from Edinburgh, who are on holiday with their two children, took pictures of their arms and legs which were covered in bites and posted them online. They have been forced to spe

Liam Edmonds and Laura Dochertywere given an injection and medication from Spanish doctors REVOLTING pictures show how a British familys room was taken over by blood-sucking critters. Liam Edmonds and Laura Docherty found the vile bed bugs living in the mattresses and frames of their beds while on holiday with their two children in Menorca. Laura Docherty The couple, from Edinburgh, also shared images showing their arms and legs covered in hundreds of bites which have cost them 80 so far t

For someone who has not dealt with the nuisance of a bedbug infestation on household furniture, the shudder of those who have might seem extreme. The visceral reaction to the smell of a squashed bed bug and the itch of being bitten is all too real for those who have had such experiences. The annoying aspect of a bedbug infestation is their resilience. These little bugs are hardy and even harder to kill.In a span of 37 days on the average, bedbugs go from eggs to adulthood. From the beginning of their life, bedbug