Using Pesticides Safely

This article is oriented toward people who use pesticides in or around their homes. If you job involves pesticides or may result in pesticide exposure (for example, you harvest crops in a field where pesticides were used), please see the Worker Safety and Training page. Safely using pesticides depends on using the appropriate pesticide and using it correctly. The label on the pesticide container provides instructions for use of the pesticide. It also includes warnings that are intended ... Read More..

Bed Bugs and Blood-Sucking Conenose

When associated with humans, bed bugs generally infest dwellings such as houses, hotels, dormitories, and cruise ships, but have also been known to infest places such as subways, movie theaters, nursing homes, hospitals, and planes. During the day, bed bugs hide in cracks and crevices and can be found in wall outlets, behind baseboards, wallpaper and pictures, between bed joints and slats, along the seams of mattresses and in bed linens. The cryptic nature of bed bugs makes them difficult to de... Read More..

Control of Bedbugs in Hotel Rooms

Depending on the number of potential harborages in a hotel room, a thorough professional bed bug control job may require up to several hours of work per room. In addition to sanitizing cloth items such as bedding, mattresses, cushions, upholstery, and curtains, places to treat with a residual insecticide should include: Read More..

Night Night, Sleep Tight, Don't let the bed-bugs bite.

That often heard seemingly innocent children's bedtime rhyme now seems to have a more stressful meaning for a growing number of people in North America. In the past decade, bed bugs have quietly made a comeback, as evidenced by infestations reported in Canada and in more than half of the United States. Hot spots in the East include New York, Massachusetts, and Florida. Pest exterminators and the CDC both report that bed bug complaints have increased dramatically in recent years. The most ... Read More..

Pest Myths

Myth 1. Grand daddy longlegs "spiders" are extremely poisonous. False. First, grand daddy longlegs are not spiders. They are related to them, but they are not true spiders. Grand daddy longlegs are more correctly called harvestmen. True spiders are hunters and have venom. Harvestmen are scavengers and do not have venom. So, unless you are a very tiny insect or some type of organic goo, you have nothing to fear from the harvestman lurking by your garage door. Read More..

Advice and Resources on Bed Bugs

Using Pesticides Safely

Bed Bugs and Blood-Sucking Conenose

Control of Bedbugs in Hotel Rooms

Night Night, Sleep Tight, Don't let the bed-bugs bite.

Pest Myths