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What are Bed Bugs?

Published in November 4th, 2007
Posted by Alan Hood in Bed Bugs
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Author: Richard Lindner
Adult bed bugs are brown to reddish-brown, oval-shaped, flattened, and about 3/16 to 1/5 inch long. Their flat shape enables them to readily hide in cracks and crevices. The body becomes more elongate, swollen, and dark red after a blood meal. Bed bugs have a beaklike piercing-sucking mouthpart system. The adults have small, [...]

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Scabies and Bedbugs Making a Strong Comeback across the United States

Published in August 6th, 2007
Posted by Alan Hood in Bed Bugs, Lice
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Jeff Kinser
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Scabies and bedbugs once thought to be a third world problem only, are returning to the United States with a vengeance. Major cities are reporting drastic increases in the number of cases that are reported to the authorities.
The old saying “sleep tight and don’t let the bedbugs bite” used to be considered old fashioned [...]

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How to Get Rid of Bedbugs

Published in July 31st, 2007
Posted by Alan Hood in Bed Bugs
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Author: Brenda Murphy
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You know the old expression “sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite”? Well, it really is an old expression, because the cimex lectularius, or the common bedbug, has existed for thousands of years.
They are a tiny insect, belonging to a species that is typified by its need to have blood meals to survive, [...]

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