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If you have recently come home from a vacation and found that your or your family members are being bitten by something at night, you should consider calling an exterminator. Bed bugs may have infested your mattresses or bedroom and they are extremely difficult to get rid of on your own. You may have brought bed bugs home without even realizing it and bed bugs cannot be eradicated without a professional exterminator.

Bed bugs will usually bite a person overnight. They will leave a mark similar to that of a mosquito bite. Bed bugs in Delaware usually bite a person several times in the same area. The face, hands and feet are especially vulnerable because they are most likely not to be covered by bedding and provide easy access to these parasites. Bed bugs like the dark, so when you search for these pests, look underneath mattresses, behind headboards and in nightstand drawers. It may even be best to wait until late at night, turn the rest of your lights off and then search your mattresses with a flashlight. The wee hours of the night is when you are most likely to find bed bug crawling around in your bed.

If you suspect or see any bed bug activity, call a professional bed bug extermination company immediately. You do not want to give these bugs a chance to breed and infest other areas of your home. Bed bugs can spread rapidly throughout a household. For instance, if you fold your childrens laundry on your bed and the bugs get into their clothing; they will make their new home in one of your childrens drawers when the laundry is put away. Once the bedbugs have made their new home in the childrens dressers, they will start looking for a host. You can see how easy it is to spread a bed bug infestation and why you should take care of a problem immediately.

Bedbugs in Delaware cannot be eradicated by a homeowner using any type of home remedies or sprays that can be found at your local hardware store. Bed bugs need to be handled by a professional. An exterminator will come to your home and do a complete inspection of every room. Finding and eliminating any bed bug activity before it spreads to other rooms is the key to controlling these pests.

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The State of Delaware (i /dlwr/ DEL--wair) is located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom (what is now called) Cape Henlopen was originally named.

Delaware is located in the northeastern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula and is the second smallest state in area (after Rhode Island). Estimates in 2007 rank the population of Delaware as 45th in the nation, but 6th in population density, with more than 60% of the population in New Castle County. Delaware is divided into three counties. From north to south, these three counties are New Castle, Kent, and Sussex. While the southern two counties have historically been predominantly agricultural, New Castle County has been more industrialized. The state ranks second in civilian scientists and engineers as a percentage of the workforce and number of patents issued to companies or individuals per 1,000 workers. The history of the state's economic and industrial development is closely tied to the impact of the Du Pont family, founders and scions of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, one of the worlds largest chemical companies.

Before its coastline was first explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south. It was initially colonized by Dutch traders at Zwaanendael, located near the present town of Lewes, in 1631. Delaware was one of the thirteen colonies participating in the American Revolution and on December 7, 1787, became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, therefore becoming known as The First State.

Delaware is 96miles (154km) long and ranges from 9miles (14km) to 35miles (56km) across, totaling 1,954square miles (5,060km2), making it the second-smallest state in the United States after Rhode Island. Delaware is bounded to the north by Pennsylvania; to the east by the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and south by Maryland. Small portions of Delaware are also situated on the eastern side of the Delaware River sharing land boundaries with New Jersey. The state of Delaware, together with the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland and two counties of Virginia, form the Delmarva Peninsula, which stretches down the Mid-Atlantic Coast.

The definition of the northern boundary of the state is highly unusual. Most of the boundary between Delaware and Pennsylvania was originally defined by an arc extending 12miles (19.3km) from the cupola of the courthouse in New Castle. This boundary is often referred to as the Twelve-Mile Circle. This is the only nominally circular state boundary in the United States. This border extends all the way east to the low-tide mark on the New Jersey shore, then continues south along the shoreline until it again reaches the twelve-mile arc in the south; then the boundary continues in a more conventional way in the middle of the main channel (thalweg) of the Delaware River. To the west, a portion of the arc extends past the easternmost edge of Maryland. The remaining western border runs slightly east of due south from its intersection with the arc. The Wedge of land between the northwest part of the arc and the Maryland border was claimed by both Delaware and Pennsylvania until 1921, when Delaware's claim was confirmed.

Delaware is subdivided into three counties; from north to south they are New Castle, Kent County and Sussex.

Delaware is on a level plain, with the lowest mean elevation of any state in the nation. Its highest elevation, located at Ebright Azimuth, near Concord High School, does not rise fully 450feet (140m) above sea level. The northernmost part of the state is part of the Appalachian Piedmont with hills and rolling surfaces. The fall line approximately follows the Robert Kirkwood Highway between Newark and Wilmington; south of this road is the Atlantic Coastal Plain with flat, sandy, and, in some parts, swampy ground. A ridge about 75 to 80 feet (23 to 24m) in elevation extends along the western boundary of the state and separates between the watersheds that feed Delaware River and Bay to the east and the Chesapeake Bay to the west.

Since almost all of Delaware is a part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the effects of the ocean moderate its climate. The state is somewhat of a transitional zone between a humid subtropical climate and a continental climate. Despite its small size (roughly 100miles (160km) from its northernmost to southernmost points), there is significant variation in mean temperature and amount of snowfall between Sussex County and New Castle County. The southern portion of the state has a somewhat milder climate and a longer growing season than the northern portion of the state. The transitional climate of Delaware supports a wide variety of vegetation. At Trap Pond State Park in Sussex County, bald cypress grow in what is thought to be the northernmost stand of such trees. The vegetation in New Castle County, on the other hand, is more typical of that of the northeastern United States. All of Delaware has relatively hot, humid summers. While Sussex and Kent Counties are considered to fall in the humid subtropical climate zone, there is some debate about whether northern New Castle County falls in the humid subtropical climate zone or warm continental climate.[citation needed]

Before Delaware was settled by European colonists, the area was home to the Eastern Algonquian tribes known as the Unami Lenape or Delaware throughout the Delaware valley, and the Nanticoke along the rivers leading into the Chesapeake Bay. The Unami Lenape in the Delaware Valley were closely related to Munsee Lenape tribes along the Hudson River. They had a settled hunting and agricultural society, and they rapidly became middlemen in an increasingly frantic fur trade with their ancient enemy, the Minqua or Susquehannock. With the loss of their lands on the Delaware River and the destruction of the Minqua by the Iroquois of the Five Nations in the 1670s, the remnants of the Lenape left the region and moved over the Alleghany Mountains by the mid-18th century.

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Bed Bugs Center - Wilmington, DE Wilmington Dermatologist Doctors for Bed Bugs

Type of Physician: Dermatologist

What is a Dermatologist?

A certification by the Board of Dermatology. Practitioners treat pediatric and adult patients with disorders of the skin, mouth, hair, and nails as well as a number of sexually transmitted diseases. They also have expertise in the care of normal skin, the prevention of skin diseases and cancers, and in the management of cosmetic disorders of the skin such as hair loss and scars.

Specialty: Dermatology

Common Name: Skin Doctor

Eric J Oliet MD Eric J Oliet 800 Delaware Ave Ste 800 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 655-9656

Maurice A Thew MD Marguerite D Thew 3516 Silverside Rd Ste 19 Wilmington, DE 19810 (302) 478-1213

Maurice A Thew MD Maurice A Thew 3516 Silverside Rd Ste 19 Wilmington, DE 19810 (302) 478-1213

Fanny J Berg MD Fanny J Berg 2000 Foulk Rd Ste A Wilmington, DE 19810 (302) 475-8000

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Vigilant Monitoring including a check of secondhand furniture, beds, and couches for any signs of bed bug infestations. Prevention & Control by removing clutter where Bed Bugs hide, sealing cracks to eliminate habitat, encasing mattresses/box springs, and checking luggage when returning from trip. Non-Chemical treatment e.g., vacuuming, heat treatment of clothing, bedding and furniture. Pesticide treatment with products explicitly labeled for use to control of bed bugs and carefully follow labeled directions.

Fact Sheets, available in both English and Spanish, provide the most current information regarding Bed Bugs including inspection and identification, current treatment methods and suggested best management practices and are available below.

If you have any additional questions not answered in this outreach information contact the Delaware Department of Agriculture Pesticide section at (302)-698-4500. Additional Bed Bug information can be viewed on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website using the following link: http://www.epa.gov/bedbugs/

We want to recognize EPA for providing a grant to the Virginia Department of Agriculture, Office of Pesticide Services, for undertaking an outreach and education project to provide information regarding Bed Bugs.

David Pyne, Administrator Send E-Mail Phone (302) 698-4570 Fax: (302) 697-4483

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