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Show of Hands
Who has….• Kids at college?
• Visited a relative in a nursing home?• Tenants? • Stayed in a hotel in the last year?• Purchased furniture from a garage sale?
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The National Pest Management Association, National Geographic News and many other sources are reporting a 500% increase in reported bed bug cases since 2000.
Bed Bugs Are on the Rise
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What Are Bed Bugs?
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• Little, crawling insects that look like an apple seed.
• They are nocturnal and feed off the blood of humans.
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Fact vs. Fiction
• Fact• These insects have piercing sucking mouth
parts and consume red blood.• They prefer human blood, but will feed on the
blood of other animals –mainly birds and mice.
• They are real and are becoming a serious problem.
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Fact vs. Fiction
• Fiction– Are known to transmit diseases– Can kill you– Carry the HIV/aids virus– They are so tiny, you can’t see them– Are not real– Are not found in Omaha– Should be ignored
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How Do You Get Bed Bugs?
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Bed Bugs Are Not a Sanitation Issue
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• Bed bugs are excellent travelers and are often referred to as “hitchhikers”
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• Travel– Staying in hotels– Overseas travel – third world countries– Tropical destinations
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• Purchasing used furniture and appliances
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Where Do Bed Bugs Live?
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• Bed bugs generally like to live “out-of-site”– Behind baseboards– Behind wallpaper– In furniture crevices– Behind light switches and electrical outlets– In door and window frames– In upholstered furniture
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Where Did Bed Bugs Come From?
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• The human bed bug is an evolution of the bat bug, commonly associated with bat colonies.
• Early man often took shelter in cave dwellings, where bats lived.
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• When man left the cave, he carried some of these insects with him.
• They have adapted to feeding on mankind almost solely, but will feed on bats, some birds and a few other animals.
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• Bed bugs mostly troubled “rich” people in medieval times, because they had the warmest homes.
• As the quality of homes improved, bed bugs become a problem for all economic classes.
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• Before WWII, they were a common pest in the U.S.
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Historical Control Methods• Historically, folk methods and herbs were
used, but with little real relief.
– Scattering the bugbane plant around beds as a repellant.
– Placing the feet of a dead stag at the foot of the bed as a “decoy”.
– Inserting the legs of bed frames into pans of water or kerosene.
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Where Did The Bed Bugs Go?
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• Populations declined dramatically after WWII with the development and use of pesticides such as DDT.
• Arsenic, strychnine, mercury, benzene, and even hydrocyanic acid were all used to control bed bugs.
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• For the last 50 years, these insects were off the radar, having virtually no impact on our day-to-day life.
• The environment had a background level of pesticides that kept bed bugs from making a reappearance.
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What Does All This Mean?
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Top 15 Most Infested Cities
1. New York2. Philadelphia3. Detroit4. Cincinnati5. Chicago6. Denver7. Columbus, Ohio
8. Dayton, Ohio9. Washington, D.C.10. Los Angeles11. Boston12. Indianapolis13. Louisville, Ky.14. Cleveland15. Minneapolis
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• Pest Solutions 365 has seen a 600% increase in bed bug jobs over last year.
Bed Bugs in Omaha
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Most Common Places Treated For Bed Bugs
National Pest Management Association Survey of Pest Management Professionals
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• Pest Solutions 365 has already serviced:– Apartment communities– Hospitals– Hotels
– Shelters
– Activity centers– Assisted living centers– Housing commission properties– Residential homes
Bed Bugs in Omaha
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• Bed bugs have become such an issue, the Environmental Protection Agency held it’s first ever National Bed Bug Summit in Washington D.C. in April 2009.
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How Do I Know If I Have Bed Bugs?
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• A physical sample is required to be 100% certain.
• You may see evidence of a bed infestation without actually seeing any bed bugs
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• Bite symptoms are a good indicator but can’t be diagnosed with 100% certainty.
• More than half of all people don’t show any symptoms when first bitten.
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• The most effective inspections are conducted by a qualified pest management professional.
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The Ewwwww Factor
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Bed bugs….
• Can lay 1-5 eggs per day.
• Have been reported to live up to 12 months without a blood meal.
• Will seek out a shallow vein to draw blood, and will follow along the vein. Thus bites tend to be in a row.
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• Can grow up to 6 times their normal size when fully fed.
• Leave blood stains on sheets and mattresses as a result of the bleeding that sometimes occurs after the bed bug is finished feeding.
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Questions?