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Bedbug infestations not uncommon at Middle Georgia hotels, apartments

Posted on April 22, 2012 by admin Click Here For Article

When Vinnie Orene Fennell got her first bedbug bite, she thought it was a mosquito bite. She didnt think much of it.

Over the course of the next few days, she noticed more red spots on her arms but assumed it was some kind of light rash. Then one night she saw a little bug crawling on her bed at the Rodeway Inn on Eisenhower Parkway, where the Mobile, Ala., resident was staying while dealing with a legal matter in Macon.

I went to flick it off and that thing burst and there was just a good quarter(-sized) area of blood, and I about fainted, Fennell said.

She slept in the other bed that night, but when she checked herself the next morning she realized she had so many bites over her left side, she appeared to have measles. Finally it struck her: She had been a meal for bedbugs.

It took a few minutes for me to wrap my mind around that sudden realization, the 72-year-old Fennell wrote in a letter to the hotel chain. Seriously, it was like someone telling me that people had been discovered on Mars. It was just that alien to me.

Fennell is not the only visitor to Middle Georgia to encounter these blood suckers of yesteryear.

The 13 counties that make up the North Central Health District have had 38 verified bedbug complaints since the beginning of 2011, said Carla Coley, the district environmental health director.

Statewide, there were 132 verified complaints within the same period, but the true statewide number is almost certainly higher because of the way the records were searched and because they include only the 131 counties that use the same reporting system, Coley said.

Plus, the majority of bedbug infestations probably arent reported, Coley said.

For every one where the public calls us, there are going to be five to 10 were not going to get, she said.

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Of Mosquitoes and Men: Entomology Shop tames the wilds at Langley

Posted on April 22, 2012 by admin Click Here For Article

Slithering and sliding, creeping and crawling, flying, jumping or stalking; it doesn't matter, the folks at the Langley Air Force Base entomology shop have it covered.

Posters of the anatomy of strange bugs and other crawling creatures cover the walls of the small office tucked away behind Eaglewood Golf Course. An indoor beehive and living snakes and other critters inhabit the workplace.

This isn't an average Air Force office.

James Will, the 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron Entomology Foreman has shown the innovative beehive to the local community so beekeepers can protect their swarms from the Dibrom pesticide sprayed around Langley AFB.

Want to see it? No problem, said Will. The team keeps a host of animals in the shop as shop pets, including Sammy the bearded dragon, a species of lizard, as the shop's unofficial mascot.

However, a trip may not be for the faint of heart. A Ball Python, Rosey Tarantula, California king snake, broad-headed skink and five Madagascar Hissing Roaches are all contained in the shop.

Senior Airman Steven Peterson, a 633rd CES pest control specialist, said that along with biannual visits to the youth center, the shop's critters are available for viewing and even handling in some cases.

Pest control and any related public health concerns also fall under their area of responsibility. From outbreaks of bed bugs to pesky ants, a call to CES can get the base's pest problems solved.

Not surprisingly, the shop has received some strange calls.

We catch some pretty crazy stuff, said Peterson. He said the team has responded to calls about snakes in Airman dormitories to raccoons in the rafters of buildings.

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Bed bugs biting more in Southern Arizona

Posted on April 22, 2012 by admin Click Here For Article

TUCSON - Bed bug cases are on the rise in Pima County.

The Pima County Health Department investigated 67 claims in 2010. They have investigated 34 so far in 2012, which is on pace for a 50% increase over the past 2 years. Data on how many investigations turned up positive were not immediately available.

Local pest control companies also say they are busy with the bugs.

"It doesn't matter if you're clean, poor, rich," Stephen Thompson with Arizona Pest Control said, "they're a hitch-hiking bug and they'll get you."

Arizona Pest Control reports a 5% increase in calls for bed bugs this year.

Only about 20% of their calls turn into a treatment job.

"Cost is always first and foremost," Thompson said, "and secondly, is the inconvenience of not being able to sleep in that particular room."

Treatment can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars.

They use a combination of chemicals and heat to kill the bugs.

The heat machine they use cost about $15,000. It will increase the temperature of a room above 140 degrees.

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Of Mosquitoes and Men: Entomology Shop tames the wilds at Langley

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Slithering and sliding, creeping and crawling, flying, jumping or stalking; it doesn't matter, the folks at the Langley Air Force Base entomology shop have it covered.

Posters of the anatomy of strange bugs and other crawling creatures cover the walls of the small office tucked away behind Eaglewood Golf Course. An indoor beehive and living snakes and other critters inhabit the workplace.

This isn't an average Air Force office.

James Will, the 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron Entomology Foreman has shown the innovative beehive to the local community so beekeepers can protect their swarms from the Dibrom pesticide sprayed around Langley AFB.

Want to see it? No problem, said Will. The team keeps a host of animals in the shop as shop pets, including Sammy the bearded dragon, a species of lizard, as the shop's unofficial mascot.

However, a trip may not be for the faint of heart. A Ball Python, Rosey Tarantula, California king snake, broad-headed skink and five Madagascar Hissing Roaches are all contained in the shop.

Senior Airman Steven Peterson, a 633rd CES pest control specialist, said that along with biannual visits to the youth center, the shop's critters are available for viewing and even handling in some cases.

Pest control and any related public health concerns also fall under their area of responsibility. From outbreaks of bed bugs to pesky ants, a call to CES can get the base's pest problems solved.

Not surprisingly, the shop has received some strange calls.

We catch some pretty crazy stuff, said Peterson. He said the team has responded to calls about snakes in Airman dormitories to raccoons in the rafters of buildings.

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Bed Bugs Increasing in Wichita Falls Homes

Posted on April 20, 2012 by admin Click Here For Article

The pest is bed bugs.

Last year, they were a big problem for businesses in the Wichita Falls area and now, exterminators say they're becoming a big nuisance inside homes.

We warn you... the video you're about to see may be disturbing.

Bed bugs are small but they can quickly become a big problem.

Even living in the lap of luxury doesn't keep them away.

Last year, bed bugs became unwanted guests at this Ritz Carlton hotel in New York City.

And this year, local exterminators say these annoying insects are checking out and heading into homes.

"What's happened with all the world of travel, they just travel the world and they get in suitcases. They get in purses. They get in people's shoes or on the bottom of them... on their socks. You don't know it. They're so tiny at first," says Joan Riddles with Top-O-Texas Pest Control.

Riddles and other exterminators say they're starting to leave their marks on Texomans as they sleep at night.

Riddles also says one or two bed bugs can quickly turn into hundreds and even then she says they can still be hard to find.

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