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Reports of bed bugs in Louisville, and the rest of United States are increasing. We are currently monitoring the internet for reports of bed bugs in Louisville hotels to help you identify which Louisville hotels have bedbugs. Each Louisville hotel has at least one mention of bedbugs in the last 12 months. Please take into account that individual reports of bedbugs in Louisville hotels have not been confirmed by an independent third party. Below is the bed bugs hotel list for the city of Louisville.

We bring you up to the minute information and reports about bed bug incidents in Louisville hotels & motels from all over the web. If you had any recent bed bug encounters, please share it with the rest of raveable community by submitting a bed bug report.

Homewood Suites Louisville East

Suburban Lodge of Jeffersontown

Howard Johnson Express Inn-Airport

Red Roof Inn Louisville Airport

Holiday Inn Airport South

Fern Valley Hotel and Conference Center

Come to find out my mom got bit as well as my little cousin who was in a room that was nowhere near ours, and another one of my cousins saw a bedbug on her pillow.

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Although bed bugs are not known to transmit or spread diseases, according to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and CDC (Centers for Disease Control) they are still considered a public health pest parasites that feed on blood and cause a variety of physical, mental and economic problems. They are among the most serious and unsavory pests, but ones that our team of pest management professionals is highly skilled at quickly and effectively exterminating.

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An old folk remedy involving hairy bean leaves strewn around the bedroom may have a new life as a modern bed bug trap, according to new research from the University of California, Irvine and the University of Kentucky. With insecticide resistance on the rise, such a device could be a helpful tool for treating bed bug infestations.

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Although its mechanisms weren't known at the time, the tactic dates back to at least 1678, when the English philosopher John Locke wrote of placing kidney bean leaves under the pillow or around the bed to keep bed bugs from biting as he traveled through Europe.

In the early twentieth century, the approach was also common throughout the Balkans, according to a 1927 report from the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Army. That report suggested the leaves stunned the bloodsucking bugs as they traveled from hiding places to their sleeping hosts during the night; in the morning, the bug-covered leaves were removed and burned (dense infestations could allegedly amass over two pounds of the buggy leaves in a single room).

American entomologists studying the effect in the 1940s noted the bed bugs "could hardly be induced to move from the leaves," and microscopic images suggested that fine, curved hairs called trichomes on the bottom of the leaves snagged the bugs' feet.

Now, the California-Kentucky team has zoomed in even closer to reveal that the leaves' sharp trichomes actually pierce the bugs' feet like meat hooks, immobilizing them.

"It was astonishing to me that it worked at all," says Catherine Loudon, a physical biologist at UC-Irvine and lead researcher of the new study, "You see this big muscular bug vigorously struggling, and it's astonishing to me that the little tiny microscopic hairs don't snap."

Loudon's team tipped single male bed bugs from a glass vial onto the bottom surface of kidney bean leaves, which usually captured the bugs within seconds (they used males, rather than a mix of both sexes, to avoid making baby bed bugs).

A low-vacuum scanning electron microscope (LV-SEM) allowed the researchers to examine the bugs while they were still trapped on the leaves. The images revealed that the trichosomes sometimes hooked the bugs' feet like Velcro, but more often went right through. Some bugs were able to rip themselves free by breaking the trichome or rending their own flesh, but they were usually recaptured.

While there is no evolutionary connection between bed bugs and bean leaves, similar trichomes on other plants are known to capture ants, aphids, bees, flies, and leafhoppers, among other species. Scientists hypothesize that the structures first evolved for other reasons, possibly to retain water, with the defensive role coming later.

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The two-day 2013 annual Global Bed Bug Summit, co-hosted by Bed Bug Central and the NPMA (National Pest Management Association) ended on Dec 6th, a snowy weekend in Denver. Despite the cold temperatures outside, attendees from around the world gathered to discuss the state of current practice in the field. Meanwhile they had chance to learn about ongoing research by eminent entomologists from the US and around the world who presented their research findings in the various scientific panels during the two day event. Also present were many of the big national and regional names in pest management who presented their findings on the state of current field practice and technology, and just as important, their insights into common management issues faced by all in the industry.

The purpose of the 2013 Global Bed Bus Summit was one of education. The mission was to share the current research and field data with both the professional pest control industry, and also with the consumer. According to a recent NPMA survey, 75% of pest control professionals agree that the bed problem is increasing, and 99% of pest management organizations have received customer calls about bed bugs during the past year. For most of the pest control professionals, this summit was right on time, especially before another holiday travel flurry starts.

One of the exhibitors, EcoRaider, an emerging contender in the natural product category and known for its efficacy against bed bugs, gave high praise to the summit. This was a dont miss destination for us this year. The NPMA and Bed Bug Central did a superb job on it. It was a great program, we learned a lot, not only from the scientific and technical panels, but also from the other attendees we talked with. And, of course, it also gave us some good exposure, too said Michael Correll, Marketing Director for EcoRaider

With its green and non-toxic labeling EcoRaider stands out among many other similar products by virtue of the sound data on its effectiveness against bed bugs. EcoRaiders efficacy in killing bed bugs was reported in an independent study published recently by Rutgers University in Pest Control Technology Magazine ( read full article here).

"We are thrilled by the strong interest in and acceptance of EcoRaider at the Denver Bed Bug Summit, said EcoRaider Director of Sales, Sam Shaffer who also attended the show. We had pest management professionals and housing authorities placing orders right at our booth! They are eager to integrate our product into their operation. This kind of response to EcoRaider shows that there is a clear need for a bed bug remediation product that is not only effective in killing bed bugs, but that is also safe for people and the environment. And its relatively low cost and low maintenance for the pest management professional is important, too. We think that EcoRaider can indeed be a game changer on all these points.

During two days of scientific presentations and educational sessions, the topic of bed bug resurgence and resistance stood front and center. As Dr. Michael Potter, entomologist and a well-known bed bug researcher at the University of Kentucky pointed out at his seminar, The evolution of insecticide resistance could be a primary factor in explaining this resurgence. He and his team at University of Kentucky have long been studying bed bug resistance to conventional synthetic pesticides. A recent paper by Dr. Potters research team, published in the journal of Natural( read full article here), revealed that bed bugs have developed 5 different mechanisms at the genetic level to neutralize synthetic pesticide toxins, such as Pyrethroids.

Over the past few years, the trend toward greener bed bug remediation has spurred the growth of heat based solutions. Many of these heat based solutions were on exhibit at the Summit. In recent years, a number of pest control professionals have turned to heat, however the overall effectiveness of heat remediation has also been called into question. And safety issues have also been cited.

With the inability to find the perfect solution a silver bullet -- to answer all these concerns, many pest management companies have turned away from accepting bed bug treatment jobs,. Some have even called to bring DDT back. DDT was heavily used as a bed bug treatment in the early 1950s, as well as being a primary agricultural pesticide in the post World War II period. It was banned in the early 70s due to it is irreversible destructive impact to health and ecological systems. You DO not want to bring DDT back, as Greg Baumann, Vice-President of Rollins Inc, one of worlds largest pest management companies, and parent organization to Orkin, Inc, pointed out in his session, He added, We learn from our mistakes.

Meanwhile, research continues on many fronts. In the laboratory and in the field, universities such as Rutgers University, Ohio State University, Virginia Tech and Kentucky University are working to identify effective new chemical combinations or devices that will be effective and safe -- in the war against bed bugs.

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Bed bugs reach epidemic proportions. Dr. Michael Potter, University of Kentucky entomologist, was quoted recently as saying, Bed bugs are just going ballistic everywhere. It is going to really rock this country. Bed bugs are found today in hotels, apartments, dorm rooms, delivery vehicles, dry cleaners, jails, hospitals, churches, cruise ships, furniture rental stores and private homes. Rare for a time, bed bug bites are becoming all too common. Because pesticides are losing their effectiveness at treating bed bugs, the search is on for new ways to eliminate infestations. ThermaPureHeat kills bed bugs without harming the environment; using heat to kill bed bugs and the eggs they leave behind. And, since ThermaPureHeat can be effective in a single bed bug treatment, it can be more cost effective than chemical alternatives which can often require replacement of bedding and even mattresses.

Bed bugs are small, oval insects that live in dark spaces close to their food source and feed at night. They range in size from 1/4 to 3/8 long and are mahogany or red-brown in color.

Bed bugs were widespread before World War II in homes, hotels, and boardinghouses, but were greatly reduced with the use of the pesticide DDT. Bed bugs have been making resurgence in recent years due to the banning of DDT, an increase in international travel, and a developing resistance to pesticides.

Bed bugs commonly reside in the seams of mattresses, in the edges of carpeting, in the bed frame behind baseboards, in window and door casings, picture frames, loosened wallpaper, and other cracks and crevices.

Bed bugs can enter a structure by attaching themselves or their eggs to clothing and bedding and by hiding in luggage. They have often been brought into homes in used furniture and mattresses. In certain cases the pests may be brought in by birds or even bats.

Bed bug bites are not always noticed by their victims. This is often the problem with knowing whether an infestation still exists or if it has been successfully treated. Some people are greatly affected by bed bug bites and may exhibit numerous sores, welts and allergic reactions to the bed bug bite. Others may not exhibit symptoms at all. Although no known cases of the transmission of infectious disease have been reported, bed bugs are known to carry at least 28 different human pathogens. It appears the bed bug may be able to transmit Hepatitis B, as the virus has been found in bed bug droppings. Bacterial infections may also occur if the bite creates an open sore.

ThermaPureHeat is a superior solution to eliminate bed bug infestations. This non-chemical, non-toxic approach penetrates wall cavities, mattresses and other hard to reach locations to kill bed bugs. By applying heat evenly throughout a structure, we are able to kill bed bugs wherever they are hiding, something many other treatments cannot achieve in a single treatment. ThermaPureHeat will kill all of the growth stages of the bed bug including the eggs. This is an important fact given that not all current pesticide control methodologies kill bed bug eggs. This means that oftentimes ThermaPureHeat can eradicate the entire bed bug population in a single treatment.

There is considerable documentation citing the temperature and time correlations necessary to kill bedbugs and their eggs. Several sources (Usinger 1966, Gulmahamad 2002, Quarles 2007) report that adults and nymphs die within 15 minutes at temperatures greater than 113F and 60 minutes to kill eggs. Raising room temperatures above the thermal death point and maintaining that temperature for several hours normally eliminate, a bed bug infestation.

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