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There is a stigma attached to having bed bugs, one that assumes you are a dirty person or live in a dirty environment there is no truth to this whatsoever!

Bed bugs do NOT discriminate, they infest four star hotels just as aggressively as cheap ones, in fact, they have been found on buses, trains and even in schools and hospitals! Every time you vacation, you run the risk of bringing home bed bugs, the key is learning to recognize them BEFORE its too late!

The most common method bed bugs use to infest your home are through used furniture such as mattresses, bed frames and night stands. If you see an item near a dumpster or buying from a second hand store, make sure to check thoroughly BEFORE you bring it home!

In this section, were going to show you how to recognize signs of bed bugs and how to get rid of them should you accidentally bring one home with you.

A female bed bug lays 200 eggs in her lifetime with eggs being small, sticky, white rice like and hatch in only 10 days. The nymphs (babies) molt 5 times before entering adulthood (takes about 21 days) and after the first feeding, have a dark center. The adults look like an apple seed and are a quarter inch in length and feed on blood to survive.

Adults feed by sucking your blood for about 10 minutes sometime before dawn while youre in deep sleep and less likely to notice. After feeding, they defecate (leave feces) which looks like brown spots on the bedding. When there are a lot of bed bugs, youll smell a sweet musty odor.

The smell, dark spots and moltings are dead giveaways to their hiding spots. This is what youre going to look for when search for bed bugs.

In the image shown here which is an infested mattress, you can clearly see the bed bug, the moltings, eggs and feces. This was discovered after the victim was convinced her house was clean and shows how well they can hide!

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by nobugsonme on January 14, 2009

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by nobugsonme on March 31, 2008 6 comments

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by nobugsonme on February 25, 2008 5 comments

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by nobugsonme on April 16, 2007 7 comments

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There is a stigma attached to having bed bugs, one that assumes you are a dirty person or live in a dirty environment there is no truth to this whatsoever!

Bed bugs do NOT discriminate, they infest four star hotels just as aggressively as cheap ones, in fact, they have been found on buses, trains and even in schools and hospitals! Every time you vacation, you run the risk of bringing home bed bugs, the key is learning to recognize them BEFORE its too late!

The most common method bed bugs use to infest your home are through used furniture such as mattresses, bed frames and night stands. If you see an item near a dumpster or buying from a second hand store, make sure to check thoroughly BEFORE you bring it home!

In this section, were going to show you how to recognize signs of bed bugs and how to get rid of them should you accidentally bring one home with you.

A female bed bug lays 200 eggs in her lifetime with eggs being small, sticky, white rice like and hatch in only 10 days. The nymphs (babies) molt 5 times before entering adulthood (takes about 21 days) and after the first feeding, have a dark center. The adults look like an apple seed and are a quarter inch in length and feed on blood to survive.

Adults feed by sucking your blood for about 10 minutes sometime before dawn while youre in deep sleep and less likely to notice. After feeding, they defecate (leave feces) which looks like brown spots on the bedding. When there are a lot of bed bugs, youll smell a sweet musty odor.

The smell, dark spots and moltings are dead giveaways to their hiding spots. This is what youre going to look for when search for bed bugs.

In the image shown here which is an infested mattress, you can clearly see the bed bug, the moltings, eggs and feces. This was discovered after the victim was convinced her house was clean and shows how well they can hide!

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Remember the Bed Bug Resources (and Public Service Announcements) Michigan was using to inform citizens about bed bugs?

Now theres a Michigan Manual for the Prevention and Control of Bed Bugs, developed by the Michigan Department of Community Health and the Michigan Bed Bug Working Group, and you can download it here.

I have run through it fairly quickly and was impressed by the range of information and advice provided.

Bravo to Michigan for responding to this concern, which is surely plaguing many in the state.

Recent articles such as this one from a Detroit news station, about tenants battling bedbugs in the Pontiac Carriage Circle building in Pontiac, MI article which reassures readers that the building has been fumigated and bug bombed suggest that there is a serious lack of awareness about how to deal with this problem appropriately and effectively.

(Note: bug bombs and foggers are a bad idea where bedbugs are concerned, as the new manual makes clear.)

See also: Michigan Begins New Bed Bug Battle (WDIV Detroit).

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by nobugsonme on January 14, 2009

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by nobugsonme on March 31, 2008 6 comments

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by nobugsonme on February 25, 2008 5 comments

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by nobugsonme on April 16, 2007 7 comments

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