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Posted on May 17, 2013 with 1 Comment
More bed bugs are affecting another college. This time Penn State University is battling bed bugs.
Several people in a group of 40 chaperones and students visiting Penn State’s main campus say they came home with bedbug bites. The school says bed bugs were reported in the Curtin Hall dormitory. Three rooms were treated, and all of the residence hall’s rooms are being checked. A university spokeswoman says a pest control service used a heat treatment to get rid of the bugs. Penn State says three students reported bites.
The Pittsburgh high school students staying in the dorm for the Junior Academy of Science State Meet science competition over the weekend say they came home with bedbug bites.
Parents say the students were sent home with their luggage and clothes wrapped in garbage bags and information on how to prevent the bugs from spreading to their homes.
Posted on May 13, 2013 with No Comments
The tiny, bloodsucking arthropods have burrowed so deeply and so broadly into the cracks, crevices and cushions of Greater Cincinnati’s households, they’ve literally given the city an itch it can’t scratch enough to make it go away.
But there’s hope. Regina Baucom, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Cincinnati, has researched the DNA of local bed bug populations, and she’s found something that could lead to a better way to control the notoriously tough insects.
Baucom’s research paper was published in PLOS ONE. Additional contributors to Baucom’s research were Sara Matthews, a technician in the Baucom lab, and Rita Rio, an assistant professor of biology at West Virginia University. First author of the study is Matt Meriweather, a senior biological sciences major in UC’s McMicken College of Arts & Sciences.
Story Source: The above story is reprinted from materials provided by University of Cincinnati. The original article was written by Tom Robinette.
“This research makes use of pyrosequencing to give us a relatively unbiased view of what bacteria are in or on the bed bugs around the city, and is an ecological genomics question applied to the bed bug problem in Cincinnati,” Baucom says.
A Long-Suffering City’s Scientific Salvation?
For the past few years Cincinnati has been at or near the top of lists of most bed bug-infested cities in the nation as ranked by pest control companies such as Terminix and Orkin. In 2008, bed bugs were becoming such a nuisance in Cincinnati that the health department developed the Bed Bug Strategic Plan, one of the first of its kind in the nation. Cincinnati isn’t alone in its bed bug misery. Many factors — including the creature’s resistance to insecticides — have contributed to a surge in bed bug activity across the U.S. during the past decade.
The bed bug’s ability to survive common pest control applications is part of what originally attracted Baucom to this research. She’s interested in studying alternative defense strategies of biological organisms and has done USDA-supported research on the common morning glory’s resistance to herbicides.
For her work on bed bugs, Baucom and her team performed genetic analysis on 31 individual bed bugs from eight distinct collections obtained from different residences in Cincinnati. This gave Baucom a clearer picture of which microbes were associated with the bed bugs and the locations where these microbes were concentrated. The central idea: The better the understanding of a bed bug population’s microbial makeup and whereabouts, the better the chances of finding improved ways of controlling that population.
“Our research could be a useful starting point for someone interested in various aspects of biocontrol, potentially similar to the mosquito story,” Baucom says.
Bacteria a Possible Weakness to Exploit
She found that 97 percent of the microbial community is made up of two dominant bacterial types. One of these bacteria, Wolbachia, is a nutritional mutualist, in this case assisting the bed bug with growth and reproduction. There is less known about the other bacterium, an unnamed gamma-proteobacteria, but it also might serve a beneficial function for its host. The abundance and consistency of these bacteria and the seemingly important role they play in bed bug health make them a prime target for biological pest control methods.
“Finding out how the microbial community varies across different areas gives you an idea of what’s out there naturally and thus what to expect,” Baucom says. “Studies of the core microbiome, or the microbial community that might be necessary for the happy functioning of an organism, are really taking off in relation to human health initiatives and can provide basic information critical to the next step: What happens to the organism when there are deviations from the core microbiome?”
When it comes to happily functioning, if bed bugs are, humans aren’t. The little creepers are like vampires — they feed on human blood, prefer the cover of darkness and are hard to kill. Their bites have been known to cause itchy rashes, anaphylaxis and other reactions. Existing research is unclear as to whether bed bugs directly transmit harmful pathogens to humans the way mosquitoes or ticks do, but nearly 50 human pathogens have been identified within or on bed bugs or their waste. Baucom’s study alone uncovered five genera to which known or assumed human pathogen species belong.
Considering such serious public health implications, Baucom advocates further examination of the parasite’s core microbiome. Funding for her research was provided by UC and the Department of Biological Sciences. But without that direct link from bed bug to human, additional research funding can be as difficult to find as bed bugs are to exterminate.
“Because there are few links showing transmission of disease from bed bugs to humans, funding for basic research on bed bugs has been scarce,” Baucom says. “This is unfortunate, because they certainly can cause psychological harm to people and allergic reactions.”
Discovery of direct pathogen transmission could one day bring additional support for research and eventually a better weapon to battle the little beasts.
Posted on May 7, 2013 with 2 Comments
Bedbug bites: Most people who are bitten by bedbugs have welts that look similar to those shown below.
Bedbugs are tiny insects that feed on human blood. They hide in dark places close to where humans sleep and usually crawl out to feed while people are fast asleep.
Bedbugs can be a problem in the cleanest of homes. These insects need only human blood to survive, so having an immaculate home will not keep them away. And it’s easy to bring bedbugs home. They can crawl into luggage, clothing, and even furniture, unnoticed.
Once inside your home, bed bugs will find a hiding place. Favorite hiding places include a mattress, box spring, headboard, couch, and tiny cracks and crevices.
Having bedbugs can cause a great deal of anxiety and some restless nights. Most people want to get rid of bedbugs as soon as possible, so they buy bug sprays and foggers. These will not get rid of bedbugs.
Leaving your home for a few weeks will not get rid of bedbugs. Although these insects need human blood to survive, they can live for a year or longer without blood. During this time, they remain in hiding.
Getting rid of bed bugs can be difficult for the inexperienced and they are not a do-it-yourself pest control job. Most people need the help of a pest-control company. Make sure the company has experience eliminating bedbugs. Several treatments may be necessary to get rid of bed bugs completely or a good idea is to choose a pest control company that offers bed bug thermal heat treatment. You also will need to follow the guidelines that your pest-management professional recommends.
If you have many bites or a bite looks infected, you may want to consult a dermatologist. A dermatologist can typically treat an infection and help relieve the itch caused by bed bugs.
Posted on May 1, 2013 with No Comments
A New York bed bug dog confirmed bed bugs in the New Rochelle Library, prompting Library officials to treat the alerted areas.
New 12 in the Hudson Valley reports that The New Rochelle Library has been reopened and given the all clear today after bed bugs were found inside the building.
Pest management experts were immediately called to the library after a single bed bug was found, according to a library official. A bed bug dog then found more bed bug activity in areas off limit to customers. The library says the furniture was destroyed, and the areas were treated.
Posted on April 29, 2013 with No Comments
From the New Rochelle Public Library:The New Rochelle Public Library will be closed on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 to allow for pest management treatment of the main library’s interior. Pest management experts have identified three specific areas in the library with some bedbug activity. Although this activity has not adversely impacted patrons or staff, the library administration is taking every precaution to ensure that the
problem does not spread.
Pest management experts were immediately called in after one insect was found. On April 28th a trained dog investigated all areas in the entire building, indicating the bedbug evidence in one desk, and in a piece of furniture and in a drawer in areas off-limits to patrons. All three items have been destroyed and discarded.
A professional firm will be treating the areas on April 30th. “Although the pest management firm has assured us that, given the size of the building, the areas affected and the amount of activity is small, we are taking all possible measure to protect our patrons and staff,” said library Director Tom Geoffino.
“To ensure everyone’s safety following the treatment, we have elected to close the library for the day,” he said.
The library will resume normal operating hours on Wednesday, May 1st. The Huguenot Children’s Library will remain open on Tuesday, April 30th.
The pest management firm’s trained dog will continue making inspections on a regular basis. The next visit will occur in a few weeks, with quarterly visits following.
Posted on April 22, 2013 with 1 Comment
National Pest Management Association and University of Kentucky find nearly all pest professionals in the U.S. have treated bed bugs in the past year; most in residential settings.
The new 2013 Bugs Without Borders Survey conducted by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and the University of Kentucky, found that bed bug infestations in the United States continue at high rates and the pest is as much, if not more of a problem than in years past. The survey of U.S. pest management professionals, found that 99.6 percent of respondents encountered bed bug infestations in the past year and that infestations have increased in the majority of locations in which pest professionals typically treat for bed bugs. The study is being released during Bed Bug Awareness Week (April 22 through 26), a national observance by NPMA and Chase’s Book of Lists to help spread public awareness about bed bugs and what people can do to help curb infestations
This is the third survey from NPMA and the University of Kentucky which tracks the bed bug problem since the resurgence of the pest began in earnest about three years ago. The previous survey was conducted in 2011.
According to the survey, bed bugs are overwhelmingly found in private residences including apartments, condominiums and single-family homes and the incidence of infestations in these environments is slightly higher compared to the 2011 findings.
“These results clearly show that there is still much work to be done in the fight against bed bugs,” said Missy Henriksen, vice president of public affairs for NPMA. “As Americans prepare for summer travel, enroll their children in summer camps and college students return home, we hope that these survey findings and Bed Bug Awareness Week observances will remind the public that bed bugs are still very much a problem and that with education and vigilance we can work together to decrease the easy spread of bed bugs.”
Below are the top five findings from the 2013 Bugs Without Borders Survey:
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Nearly all (99.6 percent) pest professionals have treated bed bugs in the past year, slightly higher than the 99 percent that reported the same in 2011.
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The majority of bed bug infestations occur in residential settings, such as apartments/condominiums and single-family homes, with 98 percent and 96 percent of respondents treating these dwellings respectively. Two years ago, about nine out of ten respondents reported treating infestations in these settings.
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As in previous years, survey respondents continue to treat for bed bugs in a variety of places outside private residences, such as college dorms, hotels, nursing homes, offices, schools and daycare centers, hospitals, public transportation and others:
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- Hotels/motels – 75 percent (80 percent in 2011)
- College dorms – 47 percent (54 percent in 2011)
- Nursing homes – 46 percent (46 percent in 2011)
- Office buildings – 36 percent (38 percent in 2011)
- Schools and day care centers – 41 percent (36 percent in 2011)
- Hospitals – 33 percent (31 percent in 2011)
- Transportation (train/bus/taxi) – 21 percent (18 percent in 2011)
- Movie theaters – 10 percent (17 percent in 2011)
- Retail stores – 15 percent (21 percent in 2011)
- Libraries – 12 percent (8 percent in 2011)
- Restaurants – 7 percent (6 percent in 2011)
- Airplanes – 2 percent (6 percent in 2011)
- Laundromats – 9 percent (6 percent in 2011)
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NOTE: Percentages denote professionals reporting treating bed bugs in specific locations.
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Clutter contributes to the problem as approximately two-thirds of respondents point to homeowner clutter as the biggest customer-oriented challenge in treating bed bugs, while 58 percent say customers not following advice and 16 percent point to re-infestation. Bed bugs continue to be the most difficult pest to treat according the 76 percent of respondents.
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Although not a seasonal pest, prime bed bug time appears to be during the summer months with nearly half (49 percent) of respondents saying infestations occur most often then and least often in the winter. While pest professionals are divided over whether there is “peak season” for bed bugs, more than half of those who notice a seasonal difference receive more calls during summer. Since people tend to travel and relocate more during the summer months, it is possible that a greater number of people unknowingly transport the bugs back home from their travels, or discover them soon after moving.
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More information can be found at AllThingsBedBugs.org, NPMA’s resource on everything bed bug related, from prevention tips to current news.
The NPMA, a non-profit organization with more than 7,000 members, was established in 1933 to support the pest management industry’s commitment to the protection of public health, food and property. For more information, visit PestWorld.org.
Posted on April 11, 2013 with No Comments
Since the resurgence of bed bugs, many have been seeking out a more sustainable, environmentally friendly method to manage bed bugs. There is currently no silver bullet to capture or eliminate bed bugs and now a group of American scientists are studying how to replicate properties of certain types of bean leaves that can capture bed bugs.
A New York Times article explores how a group of American scientists have been studying how to synthetically replicate properties of certain types of bean leaves that can capture, or at least slow down, bed bugs.
The article traces this remedy back to generations of Eastern European housewives who would “do battle against bed bugs spread bean leaves around the floor of an infested room at night. In the morning, the leaves would be covered with bed bugs that had somehow been trapped there. The leaves, and the bed bugs, were collected and burned — by the pound, in extreme infestations.”
A study published in the April 10th The Journal of the Royal Society Interface explains this new idea and explains how the bed bugs get hooked on the leaves, how the scientists have tried to recreate these hooks synthetically and how their artificial hooks have proved to be less successful than the biological ones.
Click here to read the entire NY Times article.
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Posted on April 1, 2013 with No Comments
On March 16th and 17th we participated in the Westchester Home Show. J.P. McHale Pest Management and Envirocare Air Quality Restoration teamed up in a booth and both were a huge hit amongst both homeowner’s and local business professionals!
The show was a huge success and our booth had lots of visitor’s from attendees that were interested in learning about our top of the line services and residential pest control. Bed bugs and stink bugs were a huge topic! We explained about all aspects of bed bugs including our bed bug heat treatment services and also about exterior pest control services for stink bugs and how to reduce entry points into the home with insect and rodent exclusion and sealing your home to reduce insects.
There were also vendors covering services featuring home improvements such as home fixtures, windows, solar panels, hot tubs, kitchen remodeling and many more.
Since springtime is a time for home improvement project we were on hand to talk about and explain the benefits of having your air ducts cleaned, power washing your roof, siding, walkways and outdoor spaces, insulating against the summertime heat and the benefits of crawlspace makeovers.
Posted on March 29, 2013 with No Comments
Roaches and termites, and ticks, oh my! While clicking your red heels three times might exterminate your pest problems, your solution can be as simple: call the experts at JP McHale Pest Management to get rid of all uninvited pests.
Serving numerous counties throughout New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, JP McHale offers home pest solutions, lawn and tree care, mosquito and tick abatement, termite control, environmental services, and commercial and industrial pest elimination.
The company employs programs designed by a Cornell University graduate entomologist and a staff plant pathologist alongside state-of-the-art tools and technology to provide low-risk, environmentally sound ways to exterminate annoying pests – including bed bug heat treatment in New York, New Jersey and portions of Connecticut.
Posted on March 26, 2013 with 1 Comment
In recent years, there has been a movement of “green pest management,” focused on the use of natural and low-toxicity materials instead of conventional synthetic insecticides. The resurgence of bed bugs further bolstered enthusiasm for natural products. In particular, essential oil-based pesticides, referred to in this article as biopesticides, flourished in the consumer market.
Many natural pesticides qualify for exemption under section 25(b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), where manufacturers are not required to provide efficacy data for registration. With lax regulation and a low cost of development, manufacturers can roll out new products quickly, making bold claims such as, “the best bed bug treatment you can get on the market today,” or that a consumer can “create a barrier against bed bugs.” One product promises “the same results delivered by pest control service without evacuation.”
These products are rarely adopted by PMPs because until present, there has been no scientific data supporting such claims. Meanwhile, the public often falls victim to the lure of such grand claims coupled with other attractive claims, such as “safe for children and pets.”
Recently, the Federal Trade Commission filed deceptive advertising charges against two companies marketing allegedly unproven natural bed bug treatment products (http://1.usa.gov/XehBAk). Yet, many similar products remain on the market. Some of these products cost $50 to $100 per gallon. Do these products work? To answer this question, we tested nine commonly available biopesticides and two detergents against a field strain of bed bugs.
Study Methods. Bed bugs were collected from infested apartments in Indiana. They were maintained in the laboratory and fed weekly on defibrinated rabbit blood using a Hemotek membrane-feeding system (Discovery Workshops, Accrington, U.K.). The bugs were not fed for one week prior to bioassays. Eleven natural pesticides and two synthetic insecticides were evaluated (see the Table below, on the right). They were obtained either directly from the manufacturers or commercial distributors.
In the first experiment, we evaluated four biopesticides (EcoRaider, Bed Bug Patrol, Green Rest Easy and Essentria) and two detergents (Bed Bug 911 and Eradicator) labeled for bed bugs. Twenty large nymphs were placed on filter paper in a small plastic dish (5.5 centimeters in diameter and 1.5 centimeters in height) and then the bugs were treated with pesticide spray using a Potter spray tower at the standard application rate of 1 gallon per 1,000 square feet. Bed bugs in the control group were sprayed with water. Each treatment was replicated three times. The bugs were immediately transferred to clean 1.5 cm diameter screened plastic petri dishes after treatment. Mortality data were taken at one, three, five, seven and 10 days after treatment. They were corrected using the formula by Abbott (1925).
 Click the picture above to see the full Table of tested insecticides and pesticides |
The two most effective natural pesticides from Experiment I, five additional biopesticides and two synthetic insecticides were then tested in Experiment II. The natural pesticides included: EcoRaider, Bed Bug Patrol, Bed Bug Fix, Rest Assured, Bed Bug Bully, EcoEXEMPT IC2 and Stop Bugging Me. The two synthetic insecticides tested were Temprid SC (0.15 percent) and Demand CS (0.03 percent). All treatment procedures were the same as Experiment I.
Results. EcoRaider and Bed Bug Patrol were the most effective biopesticides in both tests. EcoRaider caused 100 percent mortality after 10 days in both tests. Bed Bug Patrol caused an average of 92 percent and 91 percent mortality after 10 days in the first and second experiment, respectively. Neither of these two products caused more than 75 percent mortality at three days after treatment.
Other natural pesticides including: Essentria, Green Rest Easy, Eradicator, Bed Bug 911, Rest Assured, Bed Bug Fix, Stop Bugging Me and EcoEXEMPT IC2 caused less than 50 percent mortality after 10 days. Among them, EcoEXEMPT IC2 was completely ineffective against bed bugs. Bed Bug Bully caused 60 percent mortality after 10 days. Temprid SC caused 100 percent mortality after three days. It was significantly more effective than Demand CS and provided much faster control than the two most effective biopesticides. The low mortality by Demand CS was probably due to moderate level of resistance among the bed bugs. The mortality in the untreated control in all experiments was less than 5 percent at 10 days after treatment.
Discussion. As had long been suspected, most of the tested natural pesticides performed poorly as direct spray against bed bugs. Only two products (EcoRaider and Bed Bug Patrol) provided high mortality after 10 days. The speed of control is much slower than Temprid SC, though. Under field conditions, bed bugs hide in cracks, crevices, creases and many other places. Under these conditions, the effectiveness of natural pesticides against bed bugs is expected to be even lower because most bed bugs may not be exposed to direct spray, and dry natural pesticide residues have no or very limited effect on bed bugs.
Despite the generally poor performance, two biopesticides showed potential as a direct spray treatment. Further investigations on EcoRaider and Bed Bug Patrol under field conditions are warranted.
The results raise immediate challenges to manufacturers, regulatory agencies and pest control product vendors. Producing, registering and marketing ineffective bed bug control products has serious economical and health impacts to the public.
The exempt status granted to natural pesticide products has created a problem. Professionals are skeptical of these products and are not likely to use them due to a lack of third-party scientific efficacy data. Consumers are vulnerable to unsupported marketing claims, creating a rich market for manufacturing these products. Rigorous testing, proper labeling and tougher registration requirements are common-sense approaches to reduce the registration of ineffective “25(b)” exempt products.
Concluding Remarks. Most of the natural pesticides evaluated failed to satisfactorily control bed bugs as direct spray. EcoRaider and Bed Bug Patrol showed promise as a bed bug control material, but at much slower speed than synthetic insecticides. Further studies under field conditions are necessary to determine effectiveness. Stricter pesticide registrations are needed to prevent further marketing of ineffective products and to protect the health and well being of consumers.
Reference
Abbott, W. S. 1925. A method of computing the effectiveness of an insecticide. Journal of Economic Entomology 18: 265-67.
Article credit: The above article was published in Pest Control Technology / PCT Online and the original version can be viewed online here.
