Bedbugs: They're baaaaaack

BEDBUGS They're baaaack! Facts that will make your skin crawl SIZE 5 25 MM 10 15 20 DIM ONE 2 mm 17.9 mm 5.5 mm EGG: Females lay 200- 500 eggs in their lifetime. 2 ND STAGE NYMPH: Bedbugs shed an exoskeleton after each of five juvenile stages. 1ST STAGE NYMPH: Newly hatched bedbugs are colorless, turning reddish-brown as they begin to feed. HOW MUCH BEDBUGS ARE EATING PER BITE A comparison of bedbugs to other blood-feeding insects MEDICINE DROPPER 0.806 ml Lone Star Tick: 0.74 ml- 0.806 ml 0.5 ml Horsefly: 0.5 ml (University of Florida) 0.03 ml 0.01 ml Molecular & Cellular Proteamies, American Society for Biachemistry and Molecular Biology) 0.0055 ml Mosquitoes: 0.001-0.01ml Tsetse fly: 0.03 ml Bedbug: 0.0055 ml ("Medical & veterinary entomology periodical by Gary Richard Mullen, Gary Muilen, Lance Durden) (American Mosquito Control Association) 1 drop = 0.05 ml (University of Kentucky) 3 RD STAGE NYMPH: Although nymphs can live for months without eating, each molt requires a blood meal. BEDBUG INFESTATION HOT SPOTS These cities are experiencing an explosion in reports of bedbugs and treatment for bedbugs Chicago, Illinois Detroit, Michigan New York, New York Denver, Colorado •Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Washington, D.C. Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Ohio 4TH STAGE NYMPH: Large infestations are sometimes detected by the sweetish odor of secretions from bedbugs' scent glands. 5TH STAGE NYMPH: Before maturity, nymphs excrete alarm pheromones to ward off adult males looking to mate by traumatic insemination (piercing and inseminating the abdominal cavity). Sources: Terminix list of 15 most bedbug-infested cities; The Daily Beast/Orkin 10 most-infested cities list. WHERE BEDBUGS ARE HIDING Pest control companies report where they most often treat bedbug infestations IF YOU POLL 100 EXTERMINATORS ON WHERE THEY TREAT BEDBUGS. 89 report treating infestations in apartments/condos 88 report treating infestations in single-family homes 67 report treating infestations in hotels/motels 35 in college dormitories 9 on various modes of transportation 5 in laundry facilities 4 in movie theatres ADULT: Source: National Pest Management Association It takes two to three months for a bedbug to reach maturity. Fully grown, they are only a quarter of an inch long, but will crawl up to 100 feet for a meal. The average bedbug lifespan is 10 months. Sources: Purdue University, Ohio State University, NYC Department of Health. nj Designed by Xavier Paul/Advance Internet