This citizens of New York used to worry about the growing population of rats that was pestering their city, but these days they have something else to be concerned about. Bed bugs have invaded New York in a big way, a very big way. In 2004, there were 82 reported accounts of bed bugs in New York, in 2009, there were 10,985. That is a huge rise by anyone's standards.
It used to be alleged that bed bugs were a poor family's concern because they lived in filth. This is not true, they like all classes of people and all kinds of residences. Recently, part of a hospital was closed down in Brooklyn because of bed bugs and before that two trendy clothes stores owned by Abercrombie had to be de-infested in Manhattan.
These insects really do not care where they live. Bed bugs move from one location to the next by a process commonly known as hitch-hiking. If you bought clothing from an infested shop, there may be a bed bug in the lining or there may be a few eggs in a pocket, when you have taken your new item of clothing home, you will start a new infestation there.
Or you could be seated in a bus and one will crawl up your back and under your collar where it can sleep or lay eggs. When you get home, you will hang your coat up and the bug will go searching for food within five days. If it was a pregnant female, then you could have eggs hatching out withing ten days. Females can lay a couple of eggs a day for months on end.
It is a rule of thumb, that if you are able to spot bed bugs, you have an infestation, because we are not normally on the look out for them, they are very timid and they usually only come out in the twilight before dawn, while you are sleeping.
Joel Roodman, the film-maker and his wife, Ms Taft, a past top fashion model, were 'shocked and horrified' that their $18,000 holiday rental was 'crawling' with bed bugs. One New York pest control company said that they are being more and more frequently being called to commercial buildings such as '... banks, grocery stores, cinemas, judges' chambers, schools, dentists' offices - everywhere'.
Needless to say, hotels are also being infected. One complainant reported finding a sated bed bug. When he spoke to the receptionist, he was told: 'Welcome to New York'. In an incident map of the top ten cities infected by bed bugs, New York came in second. Columbus, Ohio was first and Toronto, Canada was third.
Luckily, bed bugs do not convey diseases, but they are fairly horrible creatures. They insert two tubes into their hosts, one squirts in spittle which contains anticoagulant and anaesthetic and the other sucks blood.
They like to attack an hour before dawn and they have normally gorged themselves within five minutes. The red marks and itchiness that most people experience is an allergic reaction to the bed bug's saliva.
Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on many subjects, but is at present concerned with getting rid of bedbugs. If you are interested in this, please go over to our website now at Picture Of Bed Bugs for more details.
It used to be alleged that bed bugs were a poor family's concern because they lived in filth. This is not true, they like all classes of people and all kinds of residences. Recently, part of a hospital was closed down in Brooklyn because of bed bugs and before that two trendy clothes stores owned by Abercrombie had to be de-infested in Manhattan.
These insects really do not care where they live. Bed bugs move from one location to the next by a process commonly known as hitch-hiking. If you bought clothing from an infested shop, there may be a bed bug in the lining or there may be a few eggs in a pocket, when you have taken your new item of clothing home, you will start a new infestation there.
Or you could be seated in a bus and one will crawl up your back and under your collar where it can sleep or lay eggs. When you get home, you will hang your coat up and the bug will go searching for food within five days. If it was a pregnant female, then you could have eggs hatching out withing ten days. Females can lay a couple of eggs a day for months on end.
It is a rule of thumb, that if you are able to spot bed bugs, you have an infestation, because we are not normally on the look out for them, they are very timid and they usually only come out in the twilight before dawn, while you are sleeping.
Joel Roodman, the film-maker and his wife, Ms Taft, a past top fashion model, were 'shocked and horrified' that their $18,000 holiday rental was 'crawling' with bed bugs. One New York pest control company said that they are being more and more frequently being called to commercial buildings such as '... banks, grocery stores, cinemas, judges' chambers, schools, dentists' offices - everywhere'.
Needless to say, hotels are also being infected. One complainant reported finding a sated bed bug. When he spoke to the receptionist, he was told: 'Welcome to New York'. In an incident map of the top ten cities infected by bed bugs, New York came in second. Columbus, Ohio was first and Toronto, Canada was third.
Luckily, bed bugs do not convey diseases, but they are fairly horrible creatures. They insert two tubes into their hosts, one squirts in spittle which contains anticoagulant and anaesthetic and the other sucks blood.
They like to attack an hour before dawn and they have normally gorged themselves within five minutes. The red marks and itchiness that most people experience is an allergic reaction to the bed bug's saliva.
Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on many subjects, but is at present concerned with getting rid of bedbugs. If you are interested in this, please go over to our website now at Picture Of Bed Bugs for more details.
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Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many subjects, but is currently concerned with getting rid of bedbugs? If you are interested in this, please go over to our website now at Picture Of Bed Bugs for further details.
