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VANDERBURGH CO., IN (WFIE) -

It's a real nightmare if you wake up to bed bugs, and it's happening to more and more people in the tri-state every day.

A local pest control business says for the last two years their treatments for bed bugs have increased by 400%, and the Vanderburgh CountyHealth Department says many residents don't even believe the bugs exist.

The health department says they get calls everyday from residents asking for help with their bed bug problems.

"Bed bugs really bring about mass panic," said Keith Goy,the Vector Control Supervisor with theVanderburgh County Health Department.

Although the tiny reddish brown insect may make you itchy, the health department says they don't spread disease.

"They generally bite three times in a row per bed bug. When they bite you, they secrete a numbing agent so you don't actually know they are doing it, and the bed bugs are waiting for you to be at rest, either sitting or watching TV or sleeping and that is when they are going to feed on you," Goy said.

The health department says they actually get a lot of phone calls from people who think the expression, 'don't let the bed bugs bite' is a myth, but it is actually very real, so they want to make sure people know what bed bugs look like.

They are about a quarter of an inch and if you think your home has them you can find them in between your mattress cushions, along the seam of the mattress or even behind the headboard.

"They like tight spaces so wherever they can be snug, and feel secure, that is where they tend to be," Goy said.

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Experts are serious when they say 'don't let the bed bugs bite'

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Several local families say they have lost most of their belongings to a bed bug infestation that's been linked to a Grand Junction property management company.

Kymball Hight, 29, is a disabled veteran. He lost part of his hearing while serving as a U.S. Marine during two tours of duty in Iraq, and one in Afghanistan.

In May 2011, he was told about a low-cost boarding home by his Veterans Advocate at the Grand Junction VA Medical Center. Hight says, "My advocate at the VA recommended this house because there's been a lot of veterans come through this place, so they were known to cater pretty well to veterans."

He moved in to the home at 1217 Colorado Avenue. There were 7 rooms, and several of the other tenants were veterans, and a few of them were disabled, according to Hight.

Hight's mother Shawna Holley says she had some reservations about her son's living situation, because she says their landlord Paul Sullivan only accepted cash, and wouldn't write receipts to the tenants. But he moved in anyway because the rent was cheap. He says his room cost $350, utilities included.

He says last fall, one of the other tenants started complaining about getting bitten by bugs at night. He says, "I remember him talking about getting eat up at night. He thought it was mosquitoes, at the time."

Hight says the problem only got worse, and eventually, they all realized the problem was bed bugs. They complained to the on-site maintenance man, Bruce Bornemann, who says he told his boss Sullivan. They say Sullivan refused to have the home fumigated, and instead sent a man to the home with three cans of Raid, which they say did not get rid of the problem.

Hight says that the issue became the landlord's problem once the bugs spread throughout the house. He says, "They didn't take care of the situation when it became a household issue, if the bugs were in one room, as long as they were in one room, that is kind of that tenants issue, if the bugs are in the entire house it's a house-wide issue, it becomes the homeowner's issue."

Says Hight, "While Raid will kill the adults, it won't harm the eggs."

He says a few of the tenants moved out, and threw away their belongings. He says the others couldn't afford to leave. Bornemann was told to tell all the tenants to remove their items from their rooms and then spray it with bug spray, which he said would be a temporary solution, and wouldn't rid the house of bugs.

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LINCOLN, Neb. More than 300 entomologists from the United States and Canada will attend the 67th annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America's North Central Branch in Lincoln June 3-6 at the Embassy Suites Hotel.

Topics of discussion will include new crop protection products for corn, soybean and vegetables, invasive species, integrated pest management, biological control, pheromones, GMOs, beef and dairy cattle, stored-grain protection, insect zoos and museums, endangered species, conservation efforts, allergies spread by insects, insect-plant relationships and insecticide resistance.

A diverse number of economically important insects will be covered, including bed bugs, corn earworm, brown marmorated stink bug, cockroaches, filth flies, stable flies, honey bees, lady beetles, burying beetles, tiger beetles, caddisflies, termites, wasps, ants and aphids.

In addition, the meeting will feature student competitions, field trips, an awards ceremony, receptions and other social events.

The ESA North Central regional branch includes Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Manitoba, Nunavut and Ontario.

The Entomological Society of America is the largest organization in the world serving the professional and scientific needs of entomologists and people in related disciplines. Founded in 1889, ESA today has more than 6,000 members affiliated with educational institutions, health agencies, private industry, and government. Members are researchers, teachers, extension service personnel, administrators, marketing representatives, research technicians, consultants, students and hobbyists. For more information, visit http://www.entsoc.org.

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Entomologists to discuss insect issues at annual meeting

Cities enjoy being identified as safe and affordable. Being labeled as having a lot of bed bug treatments, not so much.

Rollins, the corporation that owns seven pest control companies, including Orkin, says it has seen a 33.6 percent increase in bed bug business compared to 2010. The company has just released its rankings of U.S. cities in order of the number of bed bug treatments from January to December 2011.

And the winner is Cincinnati. Chicago is ranked second, followed by Detroit, Denver and Los Angeles. The report says L.A. moved from 25th to fifth on the list.

Here are the top 50 U.S. cities, ranked in order of the number of bed bug treatments. The number in parenthesis is the shift in ranking compared to January to December 2010:

1. Cincinnati 2. Chicago 3. Detroit (+1) 4. Denver (+2) 5. Los Angeles (+20) 6. Columbus, Ohio (-3) 7. Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (+43) 8. Washington, D.C. (-3) 9. New York (-2) 10. Richmond/Petersburg, Va. (+6) 11. Houston (-1) 12. San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, Calif. (+35) 13. Cleveland/Akron/Canton, Ohio (+1) 14. Boston (+4) 15. Dayton, Ohio (-7) 16. Las Vegas (-1) 17. Honolulu (+55) 18. Baltimore (-6) 19. Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, N.C. (+9) 20. Philadelphia (-9) 21. Atlanta (+24) 22. Lexington, Ky. (-13) 23. Syracuse, N.Y. (+25) 24. Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (+27) 25. Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colo. (+19) 26. San Diego (+13) 27. Seattle/Tacoma, Wash. (-3) 28. Omaha, Neb. (-11) 29. Buffalo, N.Y. (-16) 30. Pittsburgh (-3) 31. Indianapolis (-12) 32. Milwaukee (+6) 33. Charlotte, N.C. (+13) 34. Phoenix (+19) 35. Louisville, Ky. (-3) 36. Hartford/New Haven, Conn. (-16) 37. Grand Junction/Montrose, Colo. (+30) 38. Knoxville, Tenn. (+4) 39. Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, Mich. (-17) 40. Nashville, Tenn. (+15) 41. Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, Calif. (+24) 42. Des Moines/Ames, Iowa (-13) 43. Salisbury, Md. (+46) 44. Albany/Schenectady/Troy, N.Y. (-23) 45. Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa (-22) 46. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. (-20) 47. Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney, Neb. (-17) 48. Salt Lake City (-8) 49. Charleston/Huntington, W.Va. (-13) 50. West Palm Beach/Ft. Pierce, Fla. (+6)

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