Pest Control - Re: Bed Bugs? or something else?

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Re: Bed Bugs? or something else?

tforms1@yahoo.com

2006-06-04, 7:21 pm

> Chris has ask you some very interesting questions and you have responded
> with some even more interesting answers so I am going to allow him to
> address those.

You could give me your opinion too. Multiple opinions are cool.

> 3) You said you found 4 bugs a Spider a Sow bug and a small white bug and
> another bug. Bedbugs in the nymphal stage are a whitish color some call it
> clear but it is actually a pale white color, so you may have found a nymph
> BB. They are flat and look somewhat like an apple seed when they have their
> first blood meal they will turn color to the brown or reddish brow color
> they will stay.

Well, the white bug I have seen in the past.
Usually among papers in my storage area.
I wish I could id it, it looked like (In my opinion) how a lice would
look.
Are there bugs that are small white, like a piece of rice, but 1/3 the
size that eats paper and hangs around old books and stacks of paper?

> 4) You looked under the pillows and didn't see anything. I don't imagine you
> did, that isn't where you would have seen anything, take the mattress up and
> look under it, look under the box springs up inside them. Take the headboard

Yeah, I just looked under the pillows and lifted the mattress, and
didnt see anything.

> place over real good start over and do it again. I am saying this simply
> because you are not trained to know what to look for, not out of
> dis-respect. Here is some of what you may see, and this will also be another

Its cool, Im not offended. =)

> 5) The bites all look the same, as you stated you have scratched them to the
> point of having scabs on them so at this point they would all look the same.
> You wouldn't be able to determine if it was a BB bite by looking at it
> because of the scab, it probably has the markings covered up. But I must say
> I can just imagine what you are going through and they are pretty painful so
> I don't blame you for scratching them. Also BB's will usually bite in a row,
> several bites to complete one blood meal so it could have been one bug
> biting you or it could have been a couple biting, I would guess it was
> different ones biting in different areas, say the ones on your bicep was one
> bug, the ones on your chest one bug, etc etc.

Here's the thing that is bothering me, and I am going to make another
post in another newsgroup about it.
Cliff notes version:
Last week stayed in a room, got some bites toward the end of the stay,
over the weekend, I THINK I got more bites, this week got even more
bites.
Left my bags in the car on Friday (afraid of bringing in bugs), went to
sleep Friday, and woke up Saturday with more bites, at least 4 more.
(hard to keep track now, got something like 80 all over).
So Saturday, I decided to sleep in the living room, my bedroom is in
the basement.
So I slept on the living room floor, and woke up this morning with more
bites!
Mainly on my left arm, which should have been exposed. I had the
blanket (new one from storage) folded like a taco (the fold on the
right) so the left side is open.

I know bed bugs can travel, but if they came with me last weekend, they
are relatively new, so would they really be active enough to follow me
upstairs?

> 6) You stayed in room 6 and 8 or something like that tells me that this is a
> smaller motel/hotel. I would say that when the Pest Control comes around

Well, I just picked those numbers =)
The hotel has about 150 rooms.
But to be honest, I have never seen any Pest control company at any
hotel I have stayed at. lol

> 8) Could it be Hives, rash or dermatitis? That my friend is for a doctor to
> figure out, not us Pest Control Operators, however it is very possible it

I think I went to the wrong doctor on Friday. She is a dermatologist,
but she specializes in botox and other cosmetic stuff. she did take a
biopsi of one thing, but she said all it would show is whether I am
allergic to something, not what I am allergic to, so it could be a
bite, something I ate, or clothing.

But she saw the wound on my bicep and my ear and she said it looked
like Ezxcma, then she said it looks like Rosaca, then she saw my
chest/stomach, and said it looked like bites.

> in my better than 15 years in this industry the one thing that people keep
> drilling into us is we are not Doctors and do not try to make a medical
> judgment, so I am going to go with my training and not make a judgment, but
> I will refer you to a doctor and let them make that call for you. I hope you
> can respect that.

Ok, no problem.

Thanks for the help.
I am about to post something in another group (allergy, and skin
diesases) and hopefully they will have some ideas.
I dont want to cross post, I dont want you guys in the group thinking
Im taking up too many posts here, since I have 2 in the last two days
already.

You can always look for my post, if you have time.
Thanks

bugs@bugs.com

2006-06-04, 8:21 pm

On 4-Jun-2006, tforms1@yahoo.com wrote:

> Here's the thing that is bothering me, and I am going to make another
> post in another newsgroup about it.
> Cliff notes version:
> Last week stayed in a room, got some bites toward the end of the stay,
> over the weekend, I THINK I got more bites, this week got even more
> bites.
> Left my bags in the car on Friday (afraid of bringing in bugs), went to
> sleep Friday, and woke up Saturday with more bites, at least 4 more.
> (hard to keep track now, got something like 80 all over).
> So Saturday, I decided to sleep in the living room, my bedroom is in
> the basement.
> So I slept on the living room floor, and woke up this morning with more
> bites!
> Mainly on my left arm, which should have been exposed. I had the
> blanket (new one from storage) folded like a taco (the fold on the
> right) so the left side is open.
>
> I know bed bugs can travel, but if they came with me last weekend, they
> are relatively new, so would they really be active enough to follow me
> upstairs?

There is a possibility that you could have brought the bugs home with you
long ago and they have been inactive for all this time and are just now
starting to become active at home. The real problem for us here on this NG
is we cannot physically lay an eye on the situation and ID the problem for
you and that makes it difficult for us. We only have what our experience and
training tells us to go on, along with what you are describing. If we could
take a look at the problem we may find out it is nothing more than a very
minor problem that you could rectify yourself rather simply. But all we have
to go on at this point is it is more than likely a BB infestation and we
have to treat it as such. It would be great if it weren't great for you that
is.

There aren't very many white insects that you will see, there are larvae
that are a white color in numerous different insects but not the insects
themselves. The BB nymphs are the ones that are the pale white color. If by
chance you still have those you found how about sending one to me and I can
ID it for you, or you can take it to you local Department of Agriculture or
local university Entomology Department and get it ID'd. If you want to send
it to me let me know and I will send you my mailing address.

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I wish you all the best
Tim Wise

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