Lots of press abounding on the busy bed bug dogs at Advanced k9, based in Connecticut. There have been a number of other articles this week along the same lines.
Bed bugs are very difficult to detect and a bed bug sniffing dog does appear to give you a really good shot at detecting bed bugs in the home or in a business.
But I am not sure hotelchatter.com is right in suggesting dogs have a 100% success rate in sniffing out bed bugs. Is this really possible?!
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Booklice vs. bed bug nymphsFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 13:44:19
This is a booklouse. Several bedbuggers have mistaken them for bed bug nymphs. Notice the shape of the body is elongated, with three clear segments. There’s a pronounced head.
Compare this photo from L. Sorkin and R. Mercurio of a bed bug nymph:
Both are light colored but the bed bug nymph has a less elongated body. It doesn’t look like it has a neck, whereas the booklouse does. The bed bug nymph is clear but will become red when it has fed. Thanks to read...
more Bed bugs bite gospel group, Milford, ConnecticutFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-09 08:06:16
A gospel music group, Doc Mackenzie and the Hi-Lites , claim they were bitten by bed bugs in a Comfort Inn in Milford, Connecticut, according to News Channel 8 (WTNH). Â (Click the tiny video camera symbol to see the report.)
The group was in town for a concert and had a music video to shoot that day. Several members had allergic reactions including swollen eyes. Some of the men caught several bed bug samples in a jar. Maybe they’ll call the health department?
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more HPD seminar will be coming to Greenpoint– thanks to community lobbyists!From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-07 09:11:26
I know the NYC Housing and Preservation Department’s bed bug seminars are not perfect. But wouldn’t you rather your neighbors had access to one, rather than not?
I say yes, especially if you live in Greenpoint. Greenpointers and their Williamsburg neighbors are seriously bedbugged.
So, Miss Heather of newyorkshitty.com and her friend Ann Kansfield (the Co-Pastor of the Greenpoint Reformed Church) worked together and got HPD to agree to come to Greenpoint. So far,...
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