BloodSucking BedBugs on the RiSE

 

Bedbugs are sly sneaky little creatures with bite numbing agents that prevent your knowing when or where they're piercing your skin...

BedBug Awareness Can Keep Your Family Safe


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Unlike mosquitoes, fleas, ants and spiders that usually give some form of indication they are about to pierce your skin, sneaky little bedbugs attack you in your sleep. That's because these parasitic rascals are like bad guys in old western cowboy movies whose lack of character allows them to shoot a man when his back is turned. During the day bedbugs hide in dressers, mattresses, bed boards and other furniture that are in close proximity to where humans sleep. At some point following night fall, and after people are asleep, bedbugs exit their hiding places and creep into bed to drink human blood. This zone will help you determine if you've come in contact with bedbugs, what to do if you have contacted bedbugs, whether or not you have bedbugs in your home, how to prevent bedbugs from setting up in your home, preventing bedbugs from hitchhiking when you travel, and much more about the woes of bedbugs... those sneaky pesky critters!

Facts About Bed Bugs

Bedbugs are bloodsucking hemipteran insects. Hemipteran simply means they are "true bugs" thus classified because of their sucking beaklike mouthparts. Read more.

How Bedbugs Travel to Your Home

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Whether you live in a house an apartment or a high-rise hotel - bedbugs can get into your home. You do not have to be poor or middle class - you can be rich and still get bedbugs. These bloodsucking h...More>
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How to Prevent Bed Bugs from Infesting Your Home

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Preventing bedbugs from infesting your home may not be your prime concern when you set out for a vacation. It matters not that you plan to stay at a hotel, motel, resort, or with family or friends. Yo...More>
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by Paulin Soleyman

"Good Night! Sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite!" is a phrase commonly used by parents when they are putting their children to bed. The response is usually a giggle from the child followed by a...More>
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BedBug Woes

on Jun 25, 09 at 12:59 AM

I created this zone after coming in contact with bedbugs. Had no idea why my ankle was itching so much while out the country. My socks were on. Itching occurred anyway. Thought a parasite had entered my ankle and was releasing larva beneath my skin. Didn't know I'd been attacked by bedbugs till after a little research following my return home. This is how my leg looked the first time I saw the bite marks - some hours after the buggers attacked me. Not a pleasant experience. I'm still suffering a week later.

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BedBug Bitings...

Have you ever been bitten by bedbugs?!
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I might have but I'm not quite sure

by R. Renee Bembry

Identifying bedbug bites may not be easy at first because when bedbugs bite people they are usually asleep. Hours and sometimes days may pass before itching or other signs of bedbug bites occur. In fu...More>
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Fight BedBugs the Natural Way

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Discovering your home is infested with bed bugs could be akin to realizing you have rats or roaches. Ironically, you may be better off having to deal with rats or roaches, as horrible as this may soun...More>
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by Michael Krebs

Bed bugs have received a lot of publicity in recent months an increasing cacophony of concern over their rising numbers throughout the United States. While bed bug population growth can certainly be...More>
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by Ines Peros

You have to hand it to dogs for here is just another amazing good deed that dogs do for us humans in bed bug infestation of hotels. Before you make reservations at a hotel when booking your holiday...More>
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Getting rid of ants in your kitchen could take weeks even when using common household ant killers that kill ants on contact. In fact, ant spray instructions inform users pesticides can remain on spray...More>
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R. Renee Bembry
Jun 27, 09 at 03:54 PM
M Resetty, I got them in a home of someone I was visiting. The homeowners had no idea they had a bedbug problem. This is because some people are not affected by bedbug bites. Read the above article "How to Prevent Bedbugs from Infesting Your Home". It discusses places bedbugs hideout waiting for unsuspecting victims.
M Resetty
Jun 27, 09 at 04:05 AM
Nice zone. Where did your bed bugs come from?

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