Bedbugs' neverending night on the town

The best gross-out story in the NYT and the New Yorker so far this year is the explosion of the bedbug population. If you don't want this leech of a guy (looking cute, left) to sleep with you, be brutal and arm yourself. But how? High-priced hotels harbor them. You might pay a pro thousands of dollars to rid your home of bedbugs, only to find the nocturnal suckers drinking your blood when the lights go out again.

What does this have to do with green technology? Ultra-lethal DDT wiped out these vampires during WWII but that poison, now banned, also kills children and any other living things. Our hygiene-obsessed, itch-averse culture faces some big challenges of eliminating pests without eco-poisons. Bedbugs laugh at store-bought bug killers, and entomologists say that less toxic alternatives,  baking soda, and vaseline are a joke. These critters can starve a year and survive.

The greenest, least dangerous way to get rid of broods of bedbugs? Freeze them. So take heart, New Yorkers, just leave your windows open this winter and hope for the best. See the Bedbug Blog and a picture by me blog for some Big Apple dwellers' brave, graphic confessionals of their experience fighting the beasts as well as support group links.

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The bedbug explosion has also affected the UK we have been flooded with calls to treat properties with serious bedbug infestations. Because they have built up a resistance to weaker pesticides now that DDT and organophospahtes have been phased out we have had to carry out dual insecticide treatments in order to combat resistance.

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There are 6 recognized subfamilies of Cimicidae and up to 23 genera, while the number of species has been stated as anywhere from 75 to 108. Most species only feed on humans when other prey are unavailable

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Adults grow to 4–5 mm in length and 1.5–3 mm wide. They do not move quickly enough to escape the notice of an observer. Newly hatched nymphs are translucent, lighter in color and become browner as they moult and reach maturity.

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Adult bedbugs are reddish-brown, flattened, oval, and wingless. Bedbugs have microscopic hairs that give them a banded appearance. A common misconception is that they are not visible to the naked eye

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The common bedbug (Cimex lectularius) is the species best adapted to human environments. It is found in temperate climates throughout the world and feeds on blood. Other species include Cimex hemipterus, found in tropical regions, which also infests poultry and bats,

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The name 'bed bug' is derived from the insect's preferred habitat infesting houses and especially beds or other common areas where people may sleep.[1] Bedbugs, though not strictly nocturnal, are mainly active at night and are capable of feeding unnoticed on their hosts.

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Bedbugs (or bed bugs) are small, elusive, and parasitic insects of the family Cimicidae. They live strictly by feeding on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals.

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