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

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Re: Bed Bugs? or something else?

tforms1@yahoo.com

2006-06-04, 8:21 pm

> > I know bed bugs can travel, but if they came with me last weekend, they
>
> 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

You could be right, that sucks.
But another strange thing is...there are two other people and a dog in
the house, in 2 different bedrooms on the same floor as the living
room.
They have not reported any problems. Of course they could be part of
the 20% that show no symptoms.
I dont think its fleas either, no bites on the ankles, a couple on the
knees and a few on the left shin, plus we put Advantix on the dog every
month.

> 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

Here is what I have done so far:
Cleaned up my room around the bed area, and started to take apart the
bed/drawer part.
The other half of my room contains 2 bookshelves full of books, and a
shelf (think dvd case) that contains 8 squares full of clothing, and a
closet. (small room)

Should I do anything else right now, or call a Specialist to come in
and do a exam?
Can they even do an exam? Other than putting a trap down?
I mean, Im sure the GOOD ones will look behind the wall socket, within
cracks, etc, but those are the good ones, which are probably as hard to
find as a good mechanic.

Can you recommend someone in Queens, NY?

> 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

I crushed it. but it could have been a nymph, but its weird that I
found it (in the past) in the storage area where we keep stacks of
paper.
Perhaps because it was so small, and I couldnt see...but I did not
notice any legs or antenna. and it was a dirty white color.
It was uniform in size from front to end, did not notice a head and a
body, it was a straight line, like a piece of rice.
Maybe I will find another one in the future, if I do, I'll trap it with
tape
=)

What the Heck!!
I just had an itch on my left shoulder, and I was scratching and I took
a look in the mirror, New Bites!
How could that happen now?
What the heck. Im sitting in the living room.

Thanks!!

bugs@bugs.com

2006-06-05, 1:21 am

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

> Can you recommend someone in Queens, NY?

If you need someone you can depend on let me know I know a couple of people
that I can recommend that service the Queens area. I will gladly hook you up
with them.

You know you may very well be having an allergic reaction to something
instead of getting bitten by BB's. With the last comment you just made it is
very possible that you are having a reaction to something in or around you.
It could still possibly be BB's because it takes awhile for the bites to
show up, you may have just noticed a bite that was actually gotten last
night. The more bites you get the faster the reaction time will come until
you reach a point where you will no longer have a reaction at all. That
takes many many bites over a long period of time and yes there are some that
will never show signs of bites period but those are very few.

I would stick with a doctor for awhile and make certain you are not having
an allergic reaction to something before you go calling in an exterminator.
If you can keep from scratching these last bites until you see the doctor
maybe that will help them ID the bite better.

Good luck.

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I wish you all the best
Tim Wise

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