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THEY’RE BACK……BED BUGS

Everett Mason Rodney Merritts Tracy Walker Tom McAdoo The Pennsylvania State University Housing Services

IN THIS SESSION YOU WILL LEARN… 

A Brief History of the Bed Bug



The Nature of the Bed Bug



How to Identify a Bed Bug



How to Treat Bed Bug Infestations



How to Educate People about Bed Bugs

BED BUG HISTORY o

Has always been an issue

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Virtually eliminated in US

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Rising numbers since 2001

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Skyrocketed in last 5 years

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EPA held 1st ever Bed Bug Summit

THEY’RE BACK… BUT WHY? o

Increased international travel

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Change in general pest control methods

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Reduced available products for control

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Lack of research and development

TRAVEL

WHO’S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED?

BON VOYAGE

ENJOY OUR FEATURED PRESENTATION

EVEN MY BEST FRIEND?

BED BUG BASICS o

Feed only on blood

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Feeding lasts 3 – 12 minutes

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Nocturnal

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Can detect and avoid chemicals

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Cryptic

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Crawl up to 20 feet to feed

JUST A LITTLE GUY

I’ll molt 5 times before I become an adult!

LIFE CYCLE

I may live up to a year without feeding

I lay between 1 and 5 eggs every day!

I’ll live about 10 months and lay between 300 and 500 eggs! Starting as an egg, it takes me 30 days to become an adult!

One Bed Bug

One Month 61 Bed Bugs

COMPOUNDING INTEREST o

2 Months – 3,721

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3 Months – 226,981

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4 Months – 13,845,841

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5 Months – 844,596,301

ALL DONE!

IDENTIFICATION o

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Not as small as you might think 1.5 mm – 1 cm long, flat, oval, with no wings Brown to Dark Red (Adult) Tan (Newly Hatched)

TEMPERATURE EFFECTS o

Below ~55˚ F Development stops

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Above ~99˚ F Development stops

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Thrive at temps between ~68˚ F - 80˚ F

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Die at Temps > 111˚F or < 32 ˚F

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE BED BUGS? Check your linens  Look for movement  Look at the insect  Color? Size?  Does it have wings?  Is it flat and oval?  Inspect at night 

Seams of mattress

Many bites !!!!

PENN STATE’S RESPONSE STRATEGY Isolate students and their belongings in the room  Pest Control responds immediately to inspect and treat  Clothing and bedding treated in dryer  Mattresses are removed, to be replaced after treatment  Students are relocated if possible 

VACUUM THE CARPET 





Thoroughly vacuum the carpet areas Can occur before or after the heat treatment Dispose of the vacuum bag

STEAM TREATMENT 



Pull the carpet back from baseboards Steam along all edges at the junction of carpet and wall

RESIDUAL APPLICATION 



Apply residual insecticide along junction of wall and floor

Apply dust behind all wall plates

OTHER TREATMENTS 

Heat Chamber



Bed Bug Dogs

PANELS GOING TOGETHER

TOP GOING ON

HEAT CHAMBER

SO, WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

BE PREPARED Who will respond?

When will the call come?

Who

When

Where Where will your resident stay?

How will you treat the room?

How

What What are you going to say??

YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE Be proactive

Educate Be a partner

BED BUG WEB SITES 

Mike Potter University of Kentucky http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef636.htm



Australian Medical Entomology – http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/bedbugs.html



University of Minnesota – http://www.ipmctoc.umn.edu/



Harvard School of Public Health – http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bedbugs/#manage



Mayo Clinic – http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bedbugs/DS00663



List of Bedbugs Resources – http://www.utoronto.ca/forest/termite/Bedbugs/bbres.html



National Pest Management Associationhttp://www.pestworld.org/consumer/default.asp

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