Comments on: Beautifying Bedbugs

By: Bed Bugs

Bed Bugs — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:59:18 +0000

It is really hard to get rid of bed bugs. i also had this problem and the best solution is to replace all your bed room.

By: Drhoz

Drhoz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:07:56 +0000

I think you’re thinking of dust mites there, Gustaf. Bed bugs are true bugs, of the family Cimicidae. And they find you because of the CO2 etc you pump out. And they find each other because they retreat to the same sort of places during the day – mattress seams, joints in furniture, under the edges of the carpet…

We’ve only just had them start to turn up again over here in Perth after decades of nothing – my employers had never even seen one – so the first couple that got brought in for ID got passed around with considerable interest, and then went straight into my collection.

By: skinman

skinman — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:49:39 +0000

Bedbugs are bad for library books. Very expensive library books:

Video: http://www.cbs4denver.com/video/?id=62303@kcnc.dayport.com
Article: http://cbs4denver.com/local/bedbugs.colorado.denver.2.1202424.html

So don’t assume it was the homeless folks, tinyfrog.

By: AdamK

AdamK — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:55:12 +0000

Biology is icky. Fascinating, but much too icky.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:56:20 +0000

@AdamK- I’ve got the image in high-resolution if you’d like to have it as your desktop wallpaper

By: AdamK

AdamK — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:28:36 +0000

It’s still there! Auggh!

By: Gustaf

Gustaf — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:26:59 +0000

So bed bugs are not the kind of microscopic animals you can also find in beds? I had a look at Wikipedia and saw they are called mites, and learned there are lots and lots of species. I wonder how bed bugs find their way to beds in the first place, and how they find each other in an ocean of sheets.

By: tinyfrog

tinyfrog — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:01:01 +0000

Based on the title, I assume Carl has never had bedbugs. I’ve occasionally have problems with bedbugs. I think I was picking them up at the library (where the homeless people like to hang-out during the day). Over the past two years, I think I picked up a single bedbug three different times. It was awful. I’d get itchy red welts from their bites. They’re much, much worse than mosquito bites and they last longer. One time, I got some bites on my inner thigh, and it was painful to walk because fabric rubbing against the bite hurt so much. And then there’s the paranoia of laying in bed, knowing that you’d probably get another bite that night, and thinking that any minor sensation on your skin was the bedbug. I lost sleep because of that. I managed to catch them on two occasions, so I can confirm that they were bedbugs. Keep in mind that I only had a single bed bug each time, and it was awful. I wanted to take a flamethrower to my bedroom. I can’t imagine what it would be like to have an infestation. They are awful, evil little creatures.

By: AdamK

AdamK — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:48:14 +0000

Day after day I come to see if there’s a new post on your blog.
Day after day that godawful bedbug picture is all I get.

By: NewEnglandBob

NewEnglandBob — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:45:32 +0000

Is that a finger that the bedbug is standing on?

By: David B. Benson

David B. Benson — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:08:52 +0000

How about a household Praying Mantis?

By: Noadi

Noadi — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:51:42 +0000

Well there goes one plan. Now to apologize to my dog about why she won’t be getting her own mattress.