With bed bugs, the only thing bigger than the scope of the problem is the challenge of educating people about it. In an effort to increase education, September has been recently declared National Bed Bug Awareness Month, organized by BedBug Central. The campaign kicks off Sept. 1 with an interactive Howcast.com series of 14 online videos [...]
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It’s no secret that bed bugs are skilled hitch hikers, latching on to clothes, luggage and personal belongings in a never-ending search for their favorite hangout spot – the corner of your bed. Unfortunately, they are also showing up in places you might not expect. Cincinnati, the country’s top-ranked city for bed bug reports, is [...]
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Students are returning to college dorms across the country, and bed bug reports are on the rise as a result. According to NBC4 in Columbus, Ohio, bed bug-sniffing dogs recently found four rooms on the Ohio Dominican University campus infested with bed bugs, prompting the school to treat the entire building for the pests. “If [...]
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For most people, bed bugs can be quite the hassle. But for Dan Slott, Marvel Comics mastermind and writer of The Amazing Spider-Man, the tiny villains are a source of inspiration. USA Today reports that “Spider Island,” a storyline that will run twice a month through October inside The Amazing Spider-Man comic series, is based [...]
It’s no secret that bed bugs are everywhere. From hotel beds to apartment couches and clothing in retail stores, bed bugs have taken the country by storm. The National Pest Management Association, in partnership with the University of Kentucky, tells us just how deeply the little buggers have impacted our society with the recently published [...]
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When you think the Dog Days of August can’t get any worse, thank your lucky stars that you don’t have bed bugs. According to a recent article from LDN News in Pennsylvania, pest experts have noticed an increase in calls about bed bugs during the summer months for the last three years, and with good [...]
With some classes resuming session less than a week from now, students aren’t the only things going back to school. It’s a prime time for bed bugs to find their way from homes to the classroom, and possibly straight to your home by hitching a ride on your child’s backpack or into your dorm room [...]
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For college students, August ushers in a new school year, new friends and move-in day, which means a higher chance of bed bugs finding their way to a cozy corner of your bed. That’s why starting next Monday (August 8), you can visit our website and enter to win a different prize each week, from [...]
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Dear Loyal Blog Patrons, After a tough search and a tenacious battle, we finally found the bed bug that infested Bed Bug Plague. We sincerely apologize for the terror he has been wreaking on the blog, and we assure you that swift action has been taken to make sure this doesn’t happen again. To prove [...]
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