Dead Bedbugs Found at Burnaby Library

bedbugs at library

Below is a great article by Gordon Hoekstra of the Vancouver Sun that draws attention to an issue that libraries all over Canada are being forced to deal with –bedbugs.  The Burnaby Public Library found bedbugs at their Metrotown branch.  The library did a good job preventing a further spread of bedbugs by using [...]

Bedbugs:Bake them before they bite

Below is a great video and article by CNN London that shows a bedbug dog at work and gives an overview of heat treatment for bedbugs.  Heat treatment is a very effective tool for killing bedbugs,but it is important to use heat treatment for bedbugs in conjunction with other methods such as:wiping down [...]

Bedbugs Making Big Comeback

Decades after the widespread spraying of DDT was banned,bedbugs have made a big comeback.  In the USA,at least five states have called on the Department of Defense pleading for money to address the bedbug issue. The state of Ohio is so desperate that it petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to allow in-home use [...]

Bedbug Infestation at Simon Fraser University

Officials at Simon Fraser University say they are doing everything they can to put an early stop to a bedbug infestation in campus dorms after bedbugs were found in at least 12 student dorm rooms.

The university held a town hall style meeting with students last month to discuss the issue and ensure everyone was [...]

Treating Bedbugs In Dorms

What are bedbugs?

Bedbugs are small vampire insects (about the size of an apple seed),flat and fast. Bedbugs feed on human blood at night,  feed every 2-3 days,injects local painkiller and anti-coagulant which only 30% of people respond to with bite reactions.  Female bedbugs lay hundreds of eggs during lifetime,  lays 10 [...]