February 2020

Bed bugs used to be a pest of the past. In the 1940s and 50s, they all but vanished thanks to improvements in hygiene and the introduction of pesticides. For about 40 years, they seemed to be gone. Then there was an outbreak at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, a harbinger of things to […]

Starting to itch and scratch when you wake up in the morning? You might want to inspect your sheets. Bed bugs don’t care if your home is clean or dirty. They can live anywhere, so long as they have a food source: blood. They do prefer warmer climates, especially warm-blooded hosts. Female bed bugs can