Bugged by Bed Bugs!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009













The bed bugs are coming.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) worries about bed bugs so much that they hosted the very first bed bug summit yesterday. This scary news was enough to make me come out of my long blogging hiatus.

They are like vampires! Bed bugs feed on human blood and are virtually indestructible. There are currently no pesticide or spray that can kill them so prevention is key.

Here are some helpful sites on bed bug prevention:
I hate learning about this. One must not underestimate the power of suggestion. I bet I'll be itching and turning in my bed tonight.

7 comments:

witsandnuts said...

Hi Mrs. G! We missed you. I was looking at the photo and now psychologically itching. =)

Mrs. G said...

@witsandnuts-- I miss my Plurk buddies! Thanks for visiting my blog. Mwah!

Online Garden Fountains said...

I really hate bed bugs. What spray you are using?

Pandora said...

Your back!!! I'm glad.

Marimoy said...

yikes! and I like bugs... but this is creepy.

Is This Mike On? said...

Where did you get this shot? We would like to use it for a story we're working on and would like to credit the newspaper. Contact me at mike.henneke(at)lee.net

Unknown said...

Imagine a self sterilizing bed. Zip zip, push a button and walk away. Automatically shuts off. Looks like an ordinary bed, but keeps killing the remaining bed bugs by design. It took 3 inventive green entomologist to think like a bed bug! FYI www.goodknightbeds.com

 
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