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The Kansas Department of Revenue received notification at the beginning of the month a bedbug had been found in the Docking State Office Building, records show, as the state confirmed Friday bedbugs have now been found on at least three floors.

Revenue spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda said the insect had been dead for some time, however, which is why no action was taken.

A Kansas State University insect diagnostician said in an email on Dec. 2 that an insect from the Department of Revenue was a bedbug.

The specimen is an adult, had been blood-fed previously, but it was found completely desicated, Eva Zurek, the diagnostician, wrote.

In a second email, Zureks findings were forwarded to a KDOR email address on Dec. 3. The emails were obtained by The Capital-Journal through an open records request to the Department of Administration, which is responsible for facilities maintenance.

Koranda said on Wednesday a bedbug had been found on the third floor, where Revenues taxation employees work. She said a supervisor had identified a suspected bedbug on Monday and that an exterminator was contacted at that point.

On Friday, Koranda said the key difference between the bug found on Monday and the one found weeks ago was that the one found this week was alive, while the other one wasnt.

What we were told was that it was long time dead when they found it, so it didnt indicate anything because the bedbug could have been brought in on any number of ways, Koranda said.

Department of Administration spokesman John Milburn confirmed the bugs had now been found on other floors, but he was unable to say which ones. Milburn did say they werent found on adjacent floors, meaning they havent been found on the second or fourth floors.

We know that there were at least two additional floors, Milburn said.

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Dec. 2 test confirms Docking had bedbug, emails show

The Kansas Department of Revenue received notification at the beginning of the month a bedbug had been found in the Docking State Office Building, records show, as the state confirmed Friday bedbugs have now been found on at least three floors.

Revenue spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda said the insect had been dead for some time, however, which is why no action was taken.

A Kansas State University insect diagnostician said in an email on Dec. 2 that an insect from the Department of Revenue was a bedbug.

The specimen is an adult, had been blood-fed previously, but it was found completely desicated, Eva Zurek, the diagnostician, wrote.

In a second email, Zureks findings were forwarded to a KDOR email address on Dec. 3. The emails were obtained by The Capital-Journal through an open records request to the Department of Administration, which is responsible for facilities maintenance.

Koranda said on Wednesday a bedbug had been found on the third floor, where Revenues taxation employees work. She said a supervisor had identified a suspected bedbug on Monday and that an exterminator was contacted at that point.

On Friday, Koranda said the key difference between the bug found on Monday and the one found weeks ago was that the one found this week was alive, while the other one wasnt.

What we were told was that it was long time dead when they found it, so it didnt indicate anything because the bedbug could have been brought in on any number of ways, Koranda said.

Department of Administration spokesman John Milburn confirmed the bugs had now been found on other floors, but he was unable to say which ones. Milburn did say they werent found on adjacent floors, meaning they havent been found on the second or fourth floors.

We know that there were at least two additional floors, Milburn said.

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Bedbugs found on 2 more floors of Docking building