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Couple claims bed bugs found at local motel

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Pest Controller Click Here For Article

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) Just the sound of the name can make your skin crawl: bed bugs. One couple says they encountered the unwelcome guests at a local motel.

"I noticed bug bites and when I got up and flipped the pillow, they were everywhere," Shane Kelly described the moment bed bugs woke him up in the middle of the night.

Kelly and his wife claim the extra, unwanted guest was in their motel room, crawling out of the mattress, while they slept at the Seven Brothers Motel on Ocean Blvd.

"They were all over. We pulled up the mattress, they were under there," he added.

The couple still has red marks from the bites on their bodies. What they don't have: a place to sleep tonight.

"It was our last $175 so we could get started down here," he explained, saying on a fixed income every paycheck counts.

He claims the motel wouldn't give them a refund but offered to move them to another room.

WMBF News spoke to the motel manager and was brought into the room to inspect the mattresses. He showed plastic lining on most of the beds and pulled off the sheets to expose the mattress to check the cracks and crevices where bed bugs typically sleep tight.

Many of the people staying at the motel said their rooms are clean and pest-free. The motel manager admitted this is the second bed bug incident in the last six months. However, pest control experts explain the discovery isn't that uncommon.

"[Bed bugs] are associated with unsanitary conditions, but that's not the case. They can be found in a high end home all the way down to public housing," said Lennie Johnson, the Assistant General Manager with Lane's Professional Pest Elimination, Inc.

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Bedbug problem expected to stick around in York County

Posted on April 12, 2014 by toronto Click Here For Article

This photo from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a common bedbug. York officials said there is a worsening problem with the parasites in the city. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

B.J. Riley, an exterminator, has watched women break down and cry when he tells them what needs to be done to get rid of bedbugs.

All clothing must be removed from the house. Picture frames need to be taken down from the walls and bagged. Treatments will be spread over 30 days, and the costs could range from $1,000 to $2,500 with no guarantee that the problem will be resolved.

"It's so emotionally overwhelming," Riley, president of B.J. Riley Pest Control, said.

York, like many urban areas, is facing a bedbug problem, Steven Buffington, deputy director of Permits, Planning and Zoning, said in an email.

And it's getting worse. How much worse is hard to tell because an "unwarranted stigma" is causing many cases to go unreported, and therefore, untreated, he said.

But despite the perception that bedbugs are caused by filth, the reality is that anyone is susceptible to them.

The parasites have been found at five-star resorts and bed-and-breakfasts, and although they were once associated with developing countries, they're now rapidly spreading through the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"They're not associated with uncleanliness, per se. If you travel and stay in motels or hotels you can get them. If you buy untreated used furniture you can get them," Buffington said.

While York officials are taking additional steps, such as providing special training for property maintenance inspectors, to handle the problem, the issue runs beyond city lines. Riley has handled infestations in single-family homes, apartment buildings and duplexes across the county.

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Smoking Bed Bugs Will Not Get You High

Posted on April 12, 2014 by admin Click Here For Article

Honestly, every time I think Ive seen it all, someone comes up with a new hoax. The next thing youll tell me is people are smoking roaches.

Wait. Never mind.

Anyway, this weeks exercise in online gullibility is a clever mixup ofreporting on something called dabbing, or smoking butane hash oil. You make it by mixing liquid butane in with your pot. Which, frankly, seems stupider than smoking bed bugs.

If you take some footage of bed bugs and interweave it with legit reporting on this drug issue, it looks like this:

Its from Arizona, so that does help it seem plausible, but this is a really well-done April Fools joke. You can see part of the original video here; youll immediately recognize some of the language. I havent been able to identify the original source of the expert talking head video, but Im sure someone will find that soon.

Bed bugs do produce a variety of chemicals, many of which are under investigation for possible use in control. Dogs can also be trained to find bed bugsby learning theirdistinct odor.Personally, Ive always thought that bed bugs smell like crayons.But I havent ever smoked them or licked them. And I have no plans to do so.

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